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Historical Event on 5/29/1987

Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister, leader of farmers and freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 85 yrs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/3/1873Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, was born.
2/25/1968Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 16/12/1970.
3/12/1992India and the US decide to hold joint naval exercises in the Indian ocean.
10/27/1904Jatindra Nath Das, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Bankim Behari in Calcutta.
10/10/1927Bansilal, leader of Lokdal Party, was born
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
2/8/1994Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432.
5/15/1989NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.
10/25/1989P. Baiju, Anand Shetty, Arjun Deviah, Ananda Natarajan set a record for India at the 4x100m relay meet in 40.14s at Islamabad.
4/5/1940Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian Missionary, died in Calcutta. He is also referred as ""Deenabandhu Andrews"".