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Historical Event on 11/29/1961

First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/21/1998India and Russia sign a $2.5-billion deal to set up a nuclear power station at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu.
1/4/1906Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
12/3/1970Rajendra Agriculture University established at Bihar.
9/4/1952India returns Peking's famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached.
9/4/1952Saint Gora Kumbhar, an intense devotee of the deity Vitthal at Pandharpur, took Samadhi in Ter village in Osmanabad Zilla, near Latur.
10/30/1977Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country.
12/15/195760 Harijans enter the Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi.
9/20/1993Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in Teheran on a three-day visit.
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.
11/13/1935Chandra Prakash Gupta, great educationist, was born at Gaini in UP.