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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 06/29/1533 |
Chaitanya Maha Prabhu, vaishnav Sant, passed away. His mortal remains at Puri.(9/7or 29/6). |
| 06/29/1757 |
Mir Zafar was installed on the throne as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orrisa from Murshidabad. |
| 06/29/1857 |
Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British). |
| 06/29/1864 |
Dr. Asutosh Mukherjee, great judge, educationist and lawyer of Bengal, was born at Calcutta. |
| 06/29/1873 |
Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, first Bengali modern poet, died. |
| 06/29/1893 |
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, physics, mathematics expert and founder of Indian Statistical Institute, was born at Calcutta. |
| 06/29/1901 |
Amal Kumar Sarkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 06/29/1908 |
Pratapsing Gaekwad, Prince of Baroda, was born. |
| 06/29/1909 |
Pandit Motilal, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born. |
| 06/29/1924 |
Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians), was born. |
| 06/29/1966 |
Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous mathematics expert, died. |
| 06/29/1976 |
Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born. |
| 06/29/1991 |
A 32-member Left Front cabinet led by Jyoti Basu sworn in in West Bengal. |
| 06/29/1992 |
Congress (I) nominates K. R. Narayanan for the Vice-Presidentship. |
| 06/29/1993 |
24 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur. |
| 06/29/1997 |
Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany. |
| 06/29/1998 |
Government decides to grant full statehood for Delhi and create three new States namely Uttaranchal, Vananchal and Chattisgarh. |
| 06/29/1999 |
An Indian High Commissioner member N. R. Doraiswamy is beaten up by Pakistani intelligence operatives. |
| 06/29/2000 |
The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 04/25/1955 | Syed Mohammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, writer, professor and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, passed away. |
| 08/22/1992 | Congress (I) with its allies secures a simple majority in the Lok Sabha following the merger of Telugu Desam into the party. |
| 10/03/1906 | Govind Vinayak Devansthali, Sanskrit researcher, dictionary creator, professor and journalist, was born in Bombay. |
| 12/20/2000 | The Government accepts the Eleventh Finance Commission recommendation to extend grants to all the States from the Incentive Fund. |
| 11/08/1997 | India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi. |
| 01/20/1993 | Karnataka ministry expanded to include 27 more members; S.M. Krishna made Dy. CM. |
| 03/10/1922 | Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati. |
| 01/22/1997 | Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, former Union Ministers Ajit Singh, Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and five others chargesheeted by CBI in Rs. 3.5 crore Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MPs bribery case. |
| 08/15/1979 | Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies. |
| 11/09/1992 | Chandralekha resigns from IAS and joins Tamizhaga Wellatchi Iyyakkam (Tamil Movement for Good Government) led by Dr. Subramaniam Swamy. |
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