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Historical Event on 7/29/1988

Syed Modi, 28-year national badminton champion, was shot dead at K. D. Singh Stadium in Lucknow.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/3/1977Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi.
8/15/1982Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
3/20/1602United East India Company of the Netherlands i.e. Dutch East India Company was chartered by States-General of Holland. During its 96-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies.
7/3/1936Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling during Cambridge U vs MCC match.
10/10/1756Clive sailed from Madras, to capture Calcutta, with a large naval fleet consisting of 900 European and 1500 Indian soldiers along with 5 battle ships, and 5 other vessels.
10/3/1913Sudangsu Abinash Banerjee, 'Montu', cricketer, (5 wickets, 1 test vs West Indies) was born in Calcutta.
8/7/1947BEST services were started by Mumbai Mahanagarpalika.
8/9/1970Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi.
4/23/1795East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges.
2/24/1994Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.