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Historical Event on 5/29/1977

Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji, president of Sahitya Academy, National Professor and eminent linguist, passed away.

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4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
6/18/1991Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority.
2/5/2000A.B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, defends the Gujarat Government's order lifting the ban on Government employees from participating in RSS activities.
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7/27/1998The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers.
5/29/1933Gandhi ends his 21-day fast, his second for the cause of the 'untouchables'.
4/28/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.