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Historical Event on 8/29/1923

Hiralal Ghasulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder who played Test for India in 1952-53, was born in Nagpur.

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12/23/1902Chaudhary Charan Singh was born at Noopur village in Hapur Tehsil near Meerut. He was a freedom fighter and had done many deeds for upliftment of Agriculture in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980.
4/1/1882Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.
5/25/1936Rusi Framroz Surti, cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969), was born in Surat, Gujarat.
6/17/1674Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
3/26/1993Surajkund AICC okays dual posts for Narasimha Rao.
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2/25/1909Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months.
9/15/1953S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly.
5/28/1988The first Cultural Exchange Programme was signed between India and China.