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Historical Event on 7/29/1891

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur and Hindi writer, passed away in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1875The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic.
1/29/1997Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement.
6/1/1786Madras General Post Office started functioning.
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
10/22/1999The Prime Minister warns of more 'hard decisions'.
1/14/1964Bapu Nadkarni bowled 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row.
11/18/1997US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in New Delhi. Ms. Albright said she raised the 'all-important issue of terrorism' with Pakistan's top leadership.
1/10/1993Atleast 15 people are killed in Bombay on the 5th day of riots between Hindus and Muslims.
6/11/1931Purushottam Vishnu Behre, great editor, story and novel writer, was born.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.