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Historical Event on 8/29/1998
Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/29/1998 | Chandragupta I succeeded his father Ghatotkacha at Patliputra. He is known for establishing the Gupta dynasty. Gupta era begins. |
| 2/21/1973 | V. R. Sonalkar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31-07-1974. |
| 9/20/1857 | British troops conquered Delhi from the Mutineers. |
| 10/17/1919 | The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad. |
| 7/1/1928 | Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims. |
| 6/19/1947 | Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay. |
| 3/14/1997 | Border Security Force discovers a 34-metre long tunnel in the Ajnala Sub-sector of the Punjab border with Pakistan. |
| 10/21/1997 | RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates. |
| 8/30/1928 | Jawaharlal Nehru lays his plans for a free India and becomes president of Congress Party in 1929. |
| 6/10/1957 | Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died. |
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