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Historical Event on 6/29/1901
Amal Kumar Sarkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/29/1927 | Hakim Ajmal Khan, freedom fighter, litterateur and a true patriot, died. |
| 8/15/1947 | The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President. |
| 12/25/1926 | Dharmavir Bharti, journalist and editor of Dharmyug, was born. His famous books are ""Gunahon Ka Devta"" and ""Suraj Ka Satwa Ghoda"". |
| 9/4/1984 | Air Chief Marshal L. M. Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 01/07/1985. |
| 10/24/1975 | Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance |
| 4/27/1994 | Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21. |
| 12/9/1977 | Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away. |
| 2/14/1985 | Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief. |
| 11/24/1969 | Guru Nanak University established at Amritsar, Punjab. |
| 1/1/1986 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"". |
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