Year 1851
British Indian Association was established in Bengal with Radha Kanta Dev as president and Devendranath Tagore as the Secretary.
OCTOBER 29
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29 October: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 29 October.
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World Stroke Day
Year 1920
Jamia Milliya Islamia was founded by Dr. Jakir Husain and his collegues at Aligarh. 'Khilafat' and the Non- Cooperation Movement were an integral part of policy animating.
Year 1922
Benito Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy.
Year 1923
With the announcement of the end of the Ottoman Empire, parliamentary democracy in Turkey gained its footing and became a country republic on this day.
Year 1930
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.
Year 1952
Amalgamation of the Steel Corporation of Bengal with Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd. to be effective from 1st January 1953 under the latter's name.
Year 1958
Dhondo Keshav Karve, first social and educational reformer of Maharashtra, honoured by Bharat Ratna Award.
Year 1961
Syria withdrew from the United Arab Republic.
Year 1961
New All India Muslim League was established.
Year 1962
China attacked India.
Year 1964
Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form Tanzania.
Year 1967
Priceless and irreplaceable gems, including the famed 'Star of India' of 563.35 carats and 2.5 inches in diameter, were stolen from the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA, in a daring burglary. An alarm system was discontinued years ago as was the all-night guard in the gem hall, both for reasons of economy. The jewels were uninsured due to high-priced premiums. There were other jewels too that were also robbed during this time.
Year 1994
Homi Bhabha Award for Outstanding Achievement in Science and Technology Awarded to Dr. T. Gyanshekaran and R.E. K. Murthy.
Year 1996
Indian-made Kamini 30 MW reactor commissioned at Kalpakkam.
Year 1999
The cyclone left the coastal region of eastern India tingling.
Year 1999
Kamini' (Kalpakkam Mini), a 30 KW research reactor which uses man-made Uranium-233 as fuel and the only working reactor of its kind in the world, attains 'criticality'.
Year 2000
P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000.
Year 2005
Terrorist bombings killed more than 60 people in Delhi.
Year 2008
Delta Airlines merged with Northwest Airlines and became the world’s largest airline.
Year 2015
China’s one-child policy was discontinued after 35 years.
Born 1739
Jayi Rajaguru, a prominent figure of the Indian independence movement in the state of Odisha.
Born 1897
Joseph Goebbels, Chancellor of Germany and Nazi leader.
Born 1921
Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (d. 2014)
Born 1929
Vyankat Chalaiyya Manipalli Narayan Chalaiyya, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
Born 1935
Narendra Kumar Chhajerh, great industrialist, was born.
Born 1937
S. R. Ramaswamy, an Indian writer, journalist, biographer, social activist, and environmentalist.
Born 1950
John Paul Puthusery, an Indian writer who has penned screenplays for nearly 100 Malayalam movies.
Born 1956
Joy Alukkas, an Indian businessman from Kerala, India.
Born 1971
Matthew Hayden, Australian cricketer.
Born 1976
Raghava Lawrence, Indian actor, director, and choreographer
Born 1985
Vijender Singh, Indian boxer
Born 1985
Cal Crutchlow, English motorcycle racer.
Born 1996
Swapna Barman, an Indian heptathlete.
Died 1783
Jean-Baptiste le Rond d’Alembert, a French mathematician, mechanical, physicist, philosopher, and music theorist.
Died 1911
Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American political leader, and publisher.
Died 1933
Paul Painleve, Prime Minister of France and mathematician.
Died 1959
Edith Clarke, the first woman to be professionally employed as an electrical engineer in the United States.
Died 1978
Vasant Ramji Khanolkar, the founder of medical research in India.
Died 1988
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Magsaysay Award-winning Indian freedom fighter and social activist.
Died 1990
Kurtkoti Lingangaunda, great Indian Philosopher, passed away.
Died 1991
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, freedom fighter and political leader, passed away.
Died 1992
Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died.
Died 1996
Barister Waman Barlinge (Dadasaheb), great freedom fighter, former Rajya Sabha member and Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, passed away.