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Historical Event on 8/29/1947

A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1920Bipin Chandra Pal opposed to the Non Co-operation Movement and retired from politics, but movement was approved by Congress.
9/25/1990Sabyasachi Mukherji, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, aged 63, died in London.
4/13/1963Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away.
4/24/1974Ramdhari Singh alias 'Dinkar', veteran famous Hindi writer and poet, passed away.
3/22/1996Golden Temple renamed Harmandir Sahib (its original name meaning 'abode of God').
5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
12/31/1998Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
1/30/1968Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer and President of All India, passed away.
2/23/1908Maharaj Kumar Raghubir Sinh, famous Hindi writer and historian, was born.
1/4/1958Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75.