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Historical Event on 4/29/1979

Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 93.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1998India rejects G-8 prescriptions saying they are ''coercive and intrusive'' and intend to freeze the nuclear weapon capabilities of New Delhi and Islamabad.
8/20/1915Devraj Ars, former chief minister of Karnataka, was born.
7/18/1953Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta.
10/9/1931Air Force was established.
1/23/1992India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner.
12/9/1825Tula Ram Rao, one of the revolutionary heroes of the 1857 and Sepoy Mutiny, was born.
2/14/199813 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed.
6/18/1946First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese.
7/6/1944Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.
9/22/1970Bandopadhyay Shardendu, modern Bengali poet, died.