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Historical Event on 8/29/1995
National Sports Day declared.

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12/28/1931	The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him.
9/16/1990	Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
2/11/1906	Daily Tribune' started its printing from Lahore.
7/3/1997	Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan gets 1996 Dada Saheb Phalke award for outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
2/28/1835	Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20.
3/1/1919	Mahatma Gandhi announced his desire to start 'Satyagraha' against proposed Rowlatt Act meant to curb civil and political liberties.
4/13/1984	India beat Pak by 58 runs to win the first Cricket Asia Cup in Sharjah.
12/22/1998	The National Award for the Best Technological Invention is conferred on Prof. J. R. Isaac, a computer scientist.
1/20/1993	Karnataka ministry expanded to include 27 more members; S.M. Krishna made Dy. CM.
7/20/1905	First Partition of Bengal, which was proposed by Lord Curzon, was accepted by British Government's Minister of India.

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Historical Event on 8/29/1995 National Sports Day declared.

Historical Event on 8/29/1995
National Sports Day declared.