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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
8/14/1920Rushikesh Mulgaonkar, Air Chief Marshal (1976-78), was born.
1/18/2000S. S. Dawra is appointed new Director of the Enforcement Directorate.
1/12/1924Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.
10/29/1999The Anubhav Group chairman C. Natesan was arrested by the Mumbai Police on alleged charges of duping investors to the tune of Rs. 1.16 crore.
10/16/1942Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India.
10/10/197761 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini.
9/6/1961D. N. Kohli was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 28-05-1966.
9/5/1967Central Hindi Committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister.
4/23/1955Political Committee of Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons.
3/25/19911991 census report released; India has 844 million people.