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Historical Event on 8/29/1956

India gets $ 360 million loan as food aid.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1760Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763.
7/4/1994Labhuben Mehta, famous Gujrathi author, died.
3/6/2000India and China begin the first ever bilateral security dialogue in Beijing on global and regional issues of mutual interest.
12/19/1961Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.
2/1/1785Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.
10/13/1999Atal Krishna Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India.
2/14/1989Supreme Court orders Union Carbide Coporation of USA and Union Carbide India Limited to pay $470 millions (about Rs. 710 crores) in full and final settlement of all claims out of the Bhopal gas Disaster Litigation tragedy of 1985.
6/13/1905Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, cricketer (England 1929-31), was born.
10/15/1943Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away.
11/30/1982World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.