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Historical Event on 4/29/1936
Zubin Mehta, famous music conductor (NY Philharmonic), was born in Bombay, India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/9/1999 | Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion. |
| 1/5/1948 | Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's), was born in Alwar, Rajasthan. |
| 7/17/1935 | Dr. Ram Babu Gupta, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1986-89, was born at Delhi. |
| 5/18/1775 | Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar. |
| 3/7/1921 | Kulwant Singh Virk, famous Hindi writer and journalist, was born. |
| 7/30/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo. |
| 8/25/1997 | 10,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265. |
| 5/10/1977 | Jahangir Khan, famous musician, passed away. |
| 6/3/1901 | Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam. |
| 8/1/1994 | The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force. |
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