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Historical Event on 8/29/1976

Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.

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6/4/1997Defence Ministry denies Washington Post's report that India has deployed Prithvi missile on Punjab border with Pakistan.
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10/15/1676King of England permitted the East India Company to mint the Rupee and Paisa coins at Bombay.
1/11/1859Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born.
4/1/1930Government announced 15 yrs and 18 yrs as minimum marriageable age for girls and boys. This is presently remodified.
4/3/1857Queen Victoria declared as Queen of India also.
4/11/1964Communist Party of India was divided in two parts. Firstly known as Communist Party of India [CPI], its second fragmentation was named as Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. This division was on ideological differences at the international level.
11/15/1982S. N. Katkar, famous poet and former editor of 'Yugvani', died.