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Historical Event on 8/29/1956

India gets $ 360 million loan as food aid.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics.
1/11/1993Communal violence in Bombay and Ahmedabad spreads; By-elections postponed.
2/12/1993The baggage rules relaxed further.
5/13/1923Moinul Haque Choudhury, social reformer and politician, was born at Sonabarighat (Assam).
12/21/1956The Hindu Adoption Sub-Act 1956 was accepted.
2/2/1965Government sanction was accorded to the Officers Training School for the start of Short Service Regular Commission.
4/11/1999Chetan Baboor and Poulomi Ghatak won the men's and women's titles resp. in the India Cup table tennis in Mumbai.
4/27/1748Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor, passed away and was succeeded by his son Ahmad Shah.
6/4/1972First Environment Day.
5/27/1992M. L. Manchanda, AIR's Patiala engineer who was kidnapped by Babbar Khalsa militants, was found executed.