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Historical Event on 6/29/1893

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, physics, mathematics expert and founder of Indian Statistical Institute, was born at Calcutta.

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6/17/1996Balasahab Devras, Sarsangha Chalak of Rashtriya Sawyamsewak Sangh, died.
5/12/1949S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US.
10/1/1958Metric System of weights was introduced in India.
2/13/1968Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha.
3/17/1999An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.
5/20/1987G. G. Jadhav `Pudhari', editor of daily newspaper, passed away.
6/4/1994Army successfully test-fires the short range surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi'.
10/18/1879Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India.
12/22/1966U.S. announces allocation of 900,000 tons of grain to fight famine in India.
8/15/1990Uttar Maharashtra University was established.