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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
10/18/1952Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wickets to win first Indo-Pak clash.
5/15/1999Militants gun down Abdul Ahad Kar, a senior member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly belonging to the ruling National Conference, in Kupwara district.
9/7/1999Haider Noorani, BJP candidate for the Anantang Lok Sabha seat, killed in bomb blast.
7/15/2000The Maharashtra Government gives the green signal to police to proceed against Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray for his alleged role in the 1992-93 Mumbai communal riots.
5/1/1923Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India.
8/16/1922Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska.
7/1/1781British troops defeated Hyder Ali's progress. He was checked by Eyree Coote after the battle of Porto Novo and becamed subdued.
8/2/198432 people died in a bomb explosion at Meenambakkam Airport.
12/20/1929The Indian State Air Service, an extension of Imperial Airways' routes, opens its inaugural service from Karachi to Delhi.
1/18/1994Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM.