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Historical Event on 3/29/1849

Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1955Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay.
5/25/1991Indian, UN Angola Verification Mission - I ended (UNAVEM - I June 1989 - May 1991).
12/19/1978The Lok Sabha expels Indira Gandhi from the House and sentences her to imprisonment for a term lasting its prorogation. She was released from jail on December 26.
2/3/1998The BJP releases its election manifesto promising to make India a nuclear state; build a Ram temple at Ayodha and work for a uniform civil code.
9/4/1946Interim Government formed.
8/26/1909Dr.Moti Chandra, great historian, was born.
10/6/1949Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune.
1/14/1959Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi.
12/6/1993Samrendra Kundu, former foreign state minister and socialist of Orrisa, passed away.
3/21/1982Nadmuri Tarak Rama Rao forms Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh.