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Historical Event on 6/29/1976

Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/24/1921Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest.
9/9/1999Mr. V. Sudarshan, Foreign Editor of The Pioneer till recently gets the Appan Menon Award.
12/3/1970Rajendra Agriculture University established at Bihar.
11/21/1991An Inter Governmental Coference on Youth Tourism, held for first time, was hosted by the Government of India under the aegis of the World Tourism Organisation. (18-11-91).
5/6/1952Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education.
4/17/1926Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born.
4/16/1980Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final.
6/5/1975Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away.
6/27/1894Chhaganbapa (Chhaganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker, was born.
9/26/1932Gandhiji breaks fast on Indian government's acceptance of his demand regarding Harijans.