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Historical Event on 11/29/1961
First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/3/1999 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation. |
| 5/7/1985 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards. |
| 4/30/1870 | Dadasaheb Phalke alias Dhundiraj Gobind Phalke was born at Trymbakeshwar near Nasik, Maharashtra. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra' and founded Phalke & Co. at Bombay. He was a director, producer, writer, editor & laboratorian, portrait photographer and also a scene-painter. |
| 10/1/1928 | Shivaji Ganeshan, famous actor, was born. |
| 12/4/1990 | Maharashtra Gomantak Party withdraws support to Goa ministry led by Dr. Luis Proto Barbosa. |
| 3/28/1996 | JKLF declared unlawful by central govt. |
| 12/22/2000 | Three Army jawans die in an attack by a suicide squad of Lakshar-e-Taiba at the Red Fort in Delhi leading to a 45-minute gun-battle. |
| 7/1/1941 | C. Y. Chintamani died. |
| 3/1/1908 | A.E.T. Barrow, educationist, was born. |
| 7/16/1997 | Kamal Hassan gets best actor award for ''Indian'' while Tabu bags best actress award for ''Maachis''. |
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