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Historical Event on 8/29/1928
Hiralal Ghisulal Gaikwad, cricket all-rounder who played the only test vs Pakistan, was born in Nagpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/24/1957 | Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made. |
| 6/8/1999 | ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively. |
| 10/31/1919 | Jaikisan Harivallabhdas, great industrialist, was born. |
| 1/12/1990 | Upper age limit for Civil Services Examination raised from 26 to 28 years. |
| 5/28/1978 | The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay. |
| 1/11/1955 | Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India. |
| 2/12/1997 | Parkash Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab for third time. |
| 12/25/1926 | Dharmavir Bharti, journalist and editor of Dharmyug, was born. His famous books are ""Gunahon Ka Devta"" and ""Suraj Ka Satwa Ghoda"". |
| 2/4/1990 | Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India. |
| 8/27/1918 | Nemichandra Jain, stage critic, was born. |
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