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Historical Event on 9/29/1959

Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.
9/24/1998In his address to the UN General Assembly, PM Vajpayee said that India wouldl not come in the way of implementing CTBT and may sign it conditionally by September 1999.
10/26/1996CBI detects a chain of bank transactions between August '93 and February '96 by four JMM leaders.
9/14/1868Swami Virjanand, Sanskrit grammar litterateur and master, passed away at the age of 90.
1/15/1919Ahmed Mohammad Mamsa, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1963-73, was born at Mumbai.
5/24/1992D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away.
12/1/2000An armed intruder snipes at naval commando Satvir Singh at the official residence of the Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar in the high- security Rajaji Marg area in New Delhi. The Navy sets up an enquiry board to probe the incident.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
1/19/1977World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.