29 March2023: Today in History | What Happened on this Day?

29 March 2023: Today in History | What Happened on this Day?

Find out what happened on 29 March - Every calendar day has historical importance. Tracing dates is fun, as every date has an interesting fact. So here are some handpicked fun facts for you to enjoy.

29-March-1561

· Akbar attacked Malwa at Sarangpur and defeated Bajbahadar.

29-March-1849

· Maharthroneip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to the East India Company, then occupied his late father Ranjit Singh. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar.

29-March-1857

· Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of the 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against the British Empire. This was the start of the mutiny.

29-March-1869

· Sir Edwin Lutyens, Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, was born.

29-March-1914

· Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram came in India.

· Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh.

29-March-1932

· Sundaram Gundibalirama, right-hand batsman and right-arm medium fast bowler as born at Udipi in Karnataka.

29-March-1939

· Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara.

29-March-1942

· Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now.

29-March-1943

· Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was hanged at Berhampur Jail.

29-March-1952

· India enters a war with Japan.

29-March-1954

· Indian Institute of Public Administration inaugurated.

29-March-1963

· Siyaramsharan Gupt, great author in the language, died.

29-March-1970

· Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders are to beare effare ective from 25 March.

29-March-1977

· S. N. Mathur became the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).

29-March-1978

· Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away.

29-March-1979

· Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.

29-March-1982

· Delhi (707) beat Karnataka (705) in 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy.

29-March-1989

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

29-March-1990

· Adoor Bhasi, a Malayalam film actor, passed away.

29-March-1992

· Centenary celebrations of Tansa Dam held at Tansa. No, Seats the Standing Committee and Education Committee increased from 20 to 27 and 20 to 26 respectively and that of the B.E.S. & T. Committee from 12 to 17 (Vide Maharashtra Act XXI of 1992) (CIVIC).

· The expert committee recommends an autonomous council for the Jharkhand region of Bihar.

· Shri Anand Rishiji Maharaj 1008, Acharya Samrat of 'Jain Shraman Sangh', passed away.

29-March-1995

· Harindra Dave, chief editor of Janmabhumi Group and Gujarati author, passed away.

29-March-1996

· SC asks All India Congress to change its name to All Indira Congress (Tiwari).

29-March-1998

· The new Govt. Wins the vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha.

29-March-1999

· A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and over 130 injured.

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