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Historical Event on 4/29/1947

Abolition of ""untouchability"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/9/1999Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour.
12/13/1994Vishwanath Annappa Tatyasaheb Kore, Padmashri awardee, passed away.
1/31/1958First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy.
4/11/1992Dr. M.M.Thomas, Nagaland Governor, removed from office.
2/7/1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.
3/19/1998BJP-led coalition government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the second time Prime Minister of India.
12/13/1991Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India.
7/23/1906Chandrashekhar Azad, great freedom revolutionery and leader, was born at Jhabra, Madhya Pradesh.
5/7/1973The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.