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Historical Event on 9/29/1959

Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1887Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.
3/19/1972India and Bangladesh singed mutual aid treaty for peace and friendship for 25 years.
11/20/1969Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.
1/26/1995Dr. Nelson Mandela attends India's 46th Republic Day celebration as national guest.
7/17/1935Dr. Ram Babu Gupta, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1986-89, was born at Delhi.
2/18/1941There was a minor revolt in Royal Indian Navy which in now known as Indian Navy.
10/28/1996Press Council of India to set up a 5-member committee headed by Chairman P.B. Sawant to inquire into the attack on journalists outside the New Delhi residence of Kanshi Ram.
2/9/1992Publication of daily newspaper `Lokpatra' started from Nanded.
11/11/1973India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.
7/15/1986India protests against China's intrusion of six to seven km into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh.