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Historical Event on 5/29/1977

Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji, president of Sahitya Academy, National Professor and eminent linguist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1979Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away.
5/20/1991A. S. L. V. was launched.
11/9/1948Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India.
12/30/1929The first inland Indian air mail left New Delhi this morning for Jodhpur, Hyderabad, and Karachi to connect at Karachi with the air service to London.
2/16/1955Maghnath Saha, famous scientist, passed away.
12/17/1933Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.
1/29/1948Angry refugees ask Gandhiji to retire to the Himalayas.
5/22/1993Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan.
2/16/1942The third IAF unit to operate the Lysander was No.4 Squadron, formed with four aircraft on 16 February 1942. This squadron was to continue to operate the Westland aircraft until it too was re-equipped with the Hurricane in June 1943.
12/21/1993JPC indicts RBI and Finance Ministry in the multi-crore security scam.