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Historical Event on 11/29/1994

M.H. Kania, former Chief Justice of India made Chairman of the 14th Law Commission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1907Riots break out in Rawalpindi and East Bengal, spreading to the Punjab.
2/18/1911World' s first official airmail flight service with 6,500 letters and post cards was made between Bamrauli to Naini (Allahabad) on February 18, 1911.
7/14/1963Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away.
9/12/1922Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away.
11/27/1972Bhutto reports the release of 616 Indian prisoners captured in the Indian-Pakistani dispute at Pakistan.
2/23/1993Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award.
7/4/1999The Indian Army recaptured Tiger Hill after a 11 hour assault, and hoisted the tricolour atop the 16,500 ft. peak.
9/26/1820Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal.
1/27/1995Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal open at Kochi port.
1/5/1968Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal.