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Historical Event on 12/29/1927

Hakim Ajmal Khan, freedom fighter, litterateur and a true patriot, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/28/1914Japanese boat 'Kamagata Maru' was compelled to deport to India from Vancouver, Canada. The ship was boarded with active freedom fighters who were against the British Government.
3/27/1993Hari Singh from Haryana hijacks an IA plane, but surrender after 8 hours.
2/1/1942No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers.
11/16/1908Bommi Narsingh Reddy, famous film story writer, was born.
5/15/1999Militants gun down Abdul Ahad Kar, a senior member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly belonging to the ruling National Conference, in Kupwara district.
10/5/1997Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country.
9/12/1686Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist.
11/23/1897Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born.
11/3/1999Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M).
3/28/1990Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient.