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Historical Event on 9/29/1914

German cruiser Emden shells Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/10/1928Papan Ramchand Panjabi, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1978-81, was born in Mumbai.
11/3/1933Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal).
3/2/1984Mother Teresa University inaugurated by Mother herself at Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu.
5/4/1799Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam.
11/5/1999Malcom Marshall, legendary West Indian fast bowler, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after battling colon cancer for over six months.
9/1/1896Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta.
4/15/1919British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab.
7/22/1978Indira Gandhi charged with criminal misconduct during 1977 campaign.
6/18/1946First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese.
8/28/1998India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan.