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Historical Event on 8/29/1931

Gandhi arrives in London for second Round Table Conference on India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/10/1979Rohini Technology Payload (RTP) intended for measuring in-flight performance of first experimental flight of SLV-3, the first Indian Space launch vehicle, failed to be placed in orbit.
11/23/1994100 killed in a stampede of Govari Samaj people during a protest march towards Nagpur Assembly.
4/25/2000The Supreme Court clears the decks for continuing the trial against AIADMK leader Jayalalitha in the controversial ''TANSI land deal case'' by ''erasing'' the Madras High Court judgment discharging her from the case.
12/19/1995Unidentified aircraft drops a heap of sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades in Purulia district in West Bengal.
9/6/2000Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
1/12/1994S. S. Nadkarni, Chairman of National Stock Exchange, appointed SEBI Chairman.
2/24/1995Rishang Keishing (Cong-I) sworn in as the 15th CM of Manipur.
11/6/1951Judge M. Patanjali Sastri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 03/01/1954.