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Historical Event on 10/29/1971

Cyclone and tidal waves struck Orissa state claiming 10,000 lives.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1909E. M. S. Namboodiripad was born in Palghat in Kerala.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
10/31/1999The Ram Janmabhoomi Trust president ends fast in support of his eight-point demands including improvement of 'puja' and 'darshan' arrangements of 'Ram Lala' at the temple.
4/9/1984Captain H.J. Singh of Indian Army crossed the Banihal Darsh with the help of Hand Glider and set a new record.
11/29/1928Krishnaji Narayan Aathaly, great Marathi litterateur and editor, passed away.
9/27/1989Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.
2/4/1948Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur.
12/4/1997Lok Sabha was dissolved with immediate effect and new House was to be constituted by March 15 next.
11/12/1939Pratap Chandra Lal arrived at the training establishment at RAF Station, Risalpur. He then rose to the Air Chief Marcharl of Indian Air Force.
9/26/1923Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born.