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Historical Event on 06/29/1533

Chaitanya Maha Prabhu, vaishnav Sant, passed away. His mortal remains at Puri.(9/7or 29/6).

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5/1/1927Dr. Namwar Singh was born.
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
11/19/1992M. Veerappa Moily selected to become the new CM of Karnataka.
1/31/1948Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder.
8/10/1995Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away.
3/4/1997Govt. not to print Re. 1 , Rs. 2 & Rs. 5 currency notes any more, as these three denominations have been coinised.
10/1/1932Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.
6/27/1906Establishment of `Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad'.
6/20/1946Kashmir authorities arrest President-elect Nehru for refusing to obey an order banning him from the state.
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