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Historical Event on 9/29/1971

Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/27/1962Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri, cricketer (Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92), was born in Bombay.
3/2/2000Om Prakash Chautala, Indian National Lok Dal supremo, sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana.
2/11/1980Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away.
12/15/1965Third cyclone of the year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges river.
3/5/1916Biju Patnaik, famous Oriya leader and Chief Minister, was born.
6/16/1946Britain invites Indian leaders to set up an interim govt at London.
6/26/1906M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras.
11/27/1962Britain agreed to supply arms to India.
8/8/1940Dilip Narayan Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of sixties), was born in Margao, Goa. He has received Arjun Award (1970).
3/31/1992The new five-year Export-Import policy relaxes restrictions.