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Historical Event on 9/29/1964

1,000 people were killed as a reservoir burst.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/26/1972The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri.
3/28/1990Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient.
4/2/1679Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.
10/27/1998L. P. Singh, ICS, former Governor of five north eastern states, died in New Delhi. He was 86.
2/24/1948The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in favour of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February.
5/13/1962Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President.
8/9/1942Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore.
12/19/2000The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
10/24/1997Kerala bans ragging in educational institutions by an ordinance.
1/1/1978Samrat (Emperor) Ashoka, Air India's first Jumbo-Jet Boeing 747, after explosion falls into Arabian Sea, killing 213 people. Nobody survived.