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Historical Event on 8/29/2000
Supreme Court releases of 115 'Veerappan aides' on bail or otherwise till further orders.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/18/1991 | West Bengal opts for assembly poll. |
| 12/16/1770 | Ludwig Van Beethoven, greatest musician, poet and innovator, was born. |
| 9/26/1992 | Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent. |
| 9/15/1861 | Dr. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, famous architect, engineer and a diplomat, also a Bharat Ratna awardee, was born at Chickballapur in Mysore (Karnataka) in a poor Brahmin family. |
| 6/27/1838 | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, ""the father of modern Indian fiction"" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was borm at Katalpara near Naihati, West Bengal. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. He was among the first two Bengalee Graduates. |
| 7/1/1997 | The Sankaracharyas of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam were given a warm reception at the Golden Temple, Amritsar. |
| 11/10/1989 | Foundation stone laid for the Ram Janambhoomi temple at Ayodhya. |
| 12/12/1721 | Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb Peshwa), third Peshwa, was born. |
| 2/23/1997 | Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile. |
| 1/18/1994 | A 12-point formula mooted to defuse the ministerial crisis. |
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