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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
8/29/192824 merchants gathered in London's Founder Hall under the auspices of Lord Mayor to start a new company with a share captial in India.
12/7/1902Janardhan Gyanoba Navle, cricketer, India's first Test wicket-keeper, was born at Fulgaon, Maharashtra. He played against England at Lord's in 1932.
3/18/1916Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay.
11/5/1956University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC.
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
8/2/198432 people died in a bomb explosion at Meenambakkam Airport.
2/16/1993Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy.
6/24/1980Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras.
6/21/1988Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar.
1/10/1998Nine Ranbir Sena supporters are killed in an ambush at Rampurchauram village in Bihar's Jehanabad district.