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Historical Event on 7/29/1983

First Pilot-less Aeroplane of India was tested successfully by the Aeronautical Development Establishment near Kolar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/23/1967P. S. Vaidya, great Indian ODI pace bowler (1995-96), was born.
9/21/1857Bahadurshah Jafar - II surrendered against the British troops.
1/6/1992Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs Australia at the SCG.
11/18/1999Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including its Chief Commander, are killed in a fierce encounter with Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jammu and Kashmir.
6/22/1994Law for the betterment of women introduced.
9/28/1827A few mountain battery trains flourished and kept the Indian component alive as part of the Royal artillery. Recently, it has been established that 8 Company Bombay Artillery survived axing and is now 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery. This day is now celebrated as the Raising Day of the Regiment of Artillery.
11/16/1997Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
11/6/1999Red carpet welcome to Pope. He appreciated the religious freedom in India.
1/18/1947Kundanlal Saigal, famous film star and unique singer, died at Jalandhar.