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Historical Event on 7/29/1993
Two bills seeking to delink religion from politics and to empower the EC to debar parties with religious names introduced in Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
| 1/17/1922 | T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born. |
| 6/10/1832 | Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India), was born. |
| 4/18/1959 | India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation. |
| 10/1/1903 | Sachindev Burman (S. D. Burman), famous film music director, was born. |
| 12/1/1991 | Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara. |
| 8/1/2000 | The Lok Sabha adopts Uttar Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill paving the way for the creation of Uttaranchal the 27th State. |
| 8/5/1991 | Leila Seth was sworn the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. She is a judge of Delhi High Court. |
| 9/12/1922 | Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away. |
| 11/20/1917 | Ram Gopal, great Indies /English classical dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain), was born. |
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