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Historical Event on 3/29/1939
Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/3/1992 | Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first). |
| 8/3/1930 | Vyanktesh Bapuji Ketkar, famous astrologist and researcher, died. |
| 11/3/1991 | India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested. |
| 11/20/1998 | V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai. |
| 4/4/1997 | World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world's fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion. |
| 1/12/1946 | De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above. |
| 10/6/1963 | Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died. |
| 9/9/1999 | Mr. V. Sudarshan, Foreign Editor of The Pioneer till recently gets the Appan Menon Award. |
| 4/10/1996 | Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India. |
| 11/25/1999 | Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is appointed Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India. |
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