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Historical Event on 3/29/1978
Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/9/1998 | The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar. |
| 11/21/1963 | First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme. |
| 3/8/1957 | Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, prominent leader in Maharashtra and former Chief Minister of Mumbai province, passed away. |
| 10/26/1950 | Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981), was born in Madras. |
| 11/10/1909 | Gandhiji replies to Tolstoy, sends his biography by Doke. |
| 11/12/1885 | Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born. |
| 6/1/1997 | Union Minister for Forests and Environment, Prof. Saifuddin Soz announces Rs. 9 crore central package for afforestation and eco-development in J&K. |
| 3/12/1993 | Powerful bomb blasts at twelve various places in Mumbai takes 317 lives. |
| 1/7/1956 | Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy. |
| 10/2/1950 | Persis Khambatta, famous actress (Star Trek, Megaforce), was born in Bombay. |
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