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Historical Event on 10/29/1930
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/6/1966 | Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone). |
| 11/9/1942 | Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died. |
| 2/8/1967 | Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd. |
| 4/11/1999 | The DRDO has successfully flight tested AGNI-11 with a range of 2000 km, using solid propellant rocket motors in both stages and rail mobile launcher system from its new launch complex in the Orissa Coast. With this launch the country has reached the point of operationalisation of AGNI-11 as a weapon system. (1-1-2000). |
| 6/2/1953 | Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The two reached the pinnacle of Everest, more than 29,000 feet above sea level, at 11.30 a.m. |
| 8/20/1885 | First meeting of the Indian National Congress held. |
| 5/19/1993 | Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines. |
| 11/14/1998 | Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies. |
| 1/11/1986 | The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary. |
| 6/11/1901 | Pramathanath Bishi, professor and Hindi writer, was born. |
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