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Historical Event on 3/29/1989

Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1706Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674.
9/24/1859Nana Saheb, alias Dhundu Pant, one of the top leaders of Sepoy Mutiny, passed away in Nepal.
9/22/1952Bapiraju Adiv, famous Telgu novelist, poet and author, died.
12/22/1999The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs.
5/25/19415,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India.
10/14/1997Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Amritsar and spend time at the Jallianwala Bagh and Golden Temple complex.
3/11/1824US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair.
11/7/1893Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionaries in India, passed away at the age of 37.
2/27/1993Rupee made fully convertible in Man Mohan Singh's third successive budget.
12/28/1688Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites).