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Historical Event on 1/29/1853

Madhusudan Rao, modern writer in Oria language, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/14/1772Ahmadshah Abdali passed away.
1/22/1903Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta.
10/9/1999Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.
7/5/1970Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives.
12/19/2000A massive blaze guts Mehboob Studio, one of the oldest in Mumbai city.
3/24/1981Bombay beat Delhi by an innings and 46 runs to win the Ranji Trophy.
1/27/1931Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign.
5/12/1666Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested.
11/7/1958Nehru said the role of Gen. Mohammed Ayub Khan in Pakistan had increased the 'risk and danger of war' between India and Pakistan.
7/31/1938Khalid Anwer Ansari, social worker, was born.