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Historical Event on 5/29/1977
Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji, president of Sahitya Academy, National Professor and eminent linguist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/27/1997 | 40 more inducted in UP cabinet, raising strength to 45. |
| 3/15/1931 | M.I.Mohammad Ghose, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-80, was born in Tamil Nadu. |
| 11/15/1988 | Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet. |
| 5/3/1997 | Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi. |
| 5/31/1818 | Samachar Darpan, the first vernacular newspaper, was published in Bengali language by Carey and Marshman from Serampore. |
| 9/20/1857 | British troops conquered Delhi from the Mutineers. |
| 9/24/1997 | I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, addresses UN General Assembly, stakes India's claim to UN Security Council seat. |
| 4/25/1906 | Dara Nusserwanji Marshall, librarian and educationist, was born. |
| 10/10/1957 | Jagdeep', a children's film, won the first prize at the Ninth International Exhibition of Films for Children at Venice. |
| 4/22/1958 | Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff. |
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