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Historical Event on 8/29/1976
Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/4/1993 | Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice. |
| 3/6/2000 | India and China begin the first ever bilateral security dialogue in Beijing on global and regional issues of mutual interest. |
| 1/20/2000 | J&K accepts the report of the State Autonomy committee tabled in the Assembly last year. |
| 8/16/1997 | Krishan Kant, Andhra Pradesh's Governor, elected as the Vice President of India. |
| 5/10/1905 | Pankaj Malik, music director, was born. |
| 1/21/1996 | Lakshmi Parvati elected president of Telugu Desam NTR faction. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 9/8/1965 | Pakistan commenced its drive into the Indian Punjab using its 1-armoured division with the aim to foreclose India's options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line, after foiling the southern most divisional attack mounted by 4-Mountain Division. |
| 2/17/1976 | Urban Ceilings Act comes into force. |
| 9/14/1992 | The government allows foreign investors to enter the Indian capital market; incentives offered. |
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