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Historical Event on 11/29/1953

Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/5/1991The last of 1.2 lakh Indians in Kuwait manage to return to India.
4/29/1957The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India.
6/20/1994Anti-Pakistan slogans rent the air in Jammu & Kashmir against the killing of Quazi Nissar Ahmed, Mirwaiz of South Kashmir and a famous religious Kashmiri leader who was gunned down by Pak-aided terrorists.
8/7/1986Lok Sabha passes Constitution 53rd Amendment bill conferring statehood on Mizoram.
3/24/2000Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.
2/2/1965Government sanction was accorded to the Officers Training School for the start of Short Service Regular Commission.
9/22/1789Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department.
4/15/1948Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states.
6/5/1997Prime Minister Gujral went on a 3-day visit to Nepal.
6/5/1997Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.