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Historical Event on 8/29/1991

Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1945Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, who was a revolutionary and brother of Swatantriya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, passed away.
2/13/1968Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha.
11/18/1988Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit.
1/11/1960Pakistan and India agree on disputed boundary between Punjab and W. at Pakistan.
1/12/2000The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years.
9/15/1953S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly.
2/19/1949Mass arrests of communists in India.
3/3/1983Seventh Non-Aligned Summit started at New Delhi.
8/29/1995National Sports Day declared.
2/10/1986Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.