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Historical Event on 8/29/1956
India gets $ 360 million loan as food aid.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/22/2000 | The Supreme Court, in a significant order, erases Karnataka High Court judgement discharging former Chief Minister S. Bangarappa and his then private secretary R. Suribabu in a corruption case. |
| 8/17/1970 | The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi. |
| 11/7/1974 | South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup. |
| 1/15/1934 | Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed. |
| 1/20/1972 | Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory. |
| 1/20/1972 | Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin. |
| 7/20/1636 | John Oldham, trader of mass, was murdered by Indians. |
| 7/28/1924 | Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south. |
| 4/2/1954 | Nehru calls for a halt to the build up of nuclear weapons. |
| 5/18/1972 | Kokan Krishi (Agriculture) University was established. |
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