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Historical Event on 5/29/1987
Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister, leader of farmers and freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 85 yrs.
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| 4/16/2000 | India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth. |
| 9/12/1932 | Vijaya Shriniwas Jahagirdas, famous Marathi story writer and poet, was born. |
| 3/22/1999 | 57 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district. |
| 7/1/1992 | Central Railway started special train for ladies in Mumbai. |
| 4/26/1946 | V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter. |
| 8/25/1981 | Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress. |
| 11/22/2000 | Chhota Rajan, Mumbai gangster, escapes from the custody of Thai authorities. |
| 11/20/1955 | Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ. |
| 7/10/1984 | White Paper on Punjab released by Union Government. |
| 7/31/1919 | Hemchandra ""Hemu"" Ramchandra Adhikari, cricketer (right-handed batsman 1947-59), was born in Baroda. |
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