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Historical Event on 3/29/1999
A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/30/1855 | Santhals of Rajmahal Hills, Santhal-Paragana, Bihar started their agitation against ill treatment by Britishers, revenue officers, police, landlords and moneylenders under the leadership on Sindhu and Kanhu at Bhoranadhighi, Bengali. |
| 2/25/1760 | Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765. |
| 11/19/1996 | Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, passed away at 90. |
| 3/8/1997 | G. K. Moopanar unanimously elected first president of Tamil Maanila Congress. |
| 9/24/1856 | Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Governor General of India, passed away. |
| 10/14/1994 | Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, 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. |
| 9/1/1956 | Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory. |
| 12/12/1992 | The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad. |
| 9/24/1992 | Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges. |
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