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Historical Event on 8/29/1956
India gets $ 360 million loan as food aid.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/1/2000 | Ram Vilas Paswan, Communications Minister, launched the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited having total functional autonomy. |
| 3/17/1988 | First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space. |
| 1/1/1955 | Shantiswaroop Bhatnagar, famous Indian Chemical Expert, died. |
| 3/20/1602 | United East India Company of the Netherlands i.e. Dutch East India Company was chartered by States-General of Holland. During its 96-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies. |
| 12/4/1796 | Bajirao became the second Peshwa. |
| 1/19/1985 | Dr. P. C. Alexander, principal secretary to the PM, quits following the arrest of three aides in an espionage case. |
| 1/21/1908 | Gandhiji agrees to settlement on basis of voluntary registration, if Registration Act is repealed. |
| 9/8/1947 | There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood. |
| 5/27/1999 | IAF loses two fighter aircrafts in the Kargil area. Pakistan claims it has Flight Lieutenant Nachiketa in its custody. |
| 3/11/1689 | Sambhaji, Shivaji's successor, who was captured at Sangameshwar, was assasinated in the prison of Aurangzeb by Mughal officer Muqurab Khan. |
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