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Historical Event on 11/29/1926

Prabhakar Narayan Padhye (Bhau Padhye), great journalist and litterateur, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/15/1915Dr. I. Gopalkrishnan, Cricket Test Umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Tamil Nadu.
1/30/1996The new (reconstituted) Scientific Advisory Board of the ICMR met on January 30-31, 1996.
7/8/1996Suspended Dy. Municipal Commisioner Khairnar to be removed by Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation.
6/15/1969Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86.
3/4/1879Bethune' College of Calcutta was established as the pioneer of women s college education in India.
11/11/1924Rusi Sheriyar Modi, cricketer (Indian batsman in post-War years), was born in Surat, Gujarat.
7/19/1994The Tamil Nadu Bill for continuance of the 69\% reservation policy in the state receives the President's assent.
9/8/2000Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.
1/26/1988A Post Office was established at Dakshin Gangotri under the Goa Postal Division. (11-7-89).
12/5/1905Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, was born in Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir.