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Historical Event on 7/29/1995

Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/3/1990Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was finally arrested in Chakradharpur forest.
7/22/1944Man Mohan Modi Seth , great industrialist, was born at Modinagar, U.P.
8/2/1994Opposition quits Parliament panels, boycotts sessions.
6/2/1955A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak.
8/26/1984An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.
7/12/1994India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad.
11/1/1999H. K. Dua, senior Journalist and former editor of The Indian Express and The Hindustan Times, is appointed the Press Adviser to the Prime Minister.
2/14/1807Khanderao Holkar, one of the sardars in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
11/5/1956University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC.
2/13/1879Sarojini Naidu ""Nightingale of India"", was born at Hyderabad. She was the first Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress and took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931.