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Historical Event on 8/29/1998

Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1958First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy.
12/1/1764Battle of Anvadi.
11/7/2000Indrajit Bhalotia wins the Wills Southern Open golf tournament.
9/4/1999Umesh Chandra, Assistant Inspector General of Police, shot dead by the PWG in Hyderabad.
1/19/1960Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away.
6/2/1990Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91).
2/25/1992Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab.
11/24/1992Milan Kumar Banerjee appointed Attorney General.
12/5/1905Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, was born in Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir.
1/1/1880Money order system was introduced.