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Historical Event on 1/29/1953

Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/17/1998BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.
9/3/1953Laxmanrao Parvatkar (Khaprumama), famous Tabla player, passed away.
7/12/1960Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar.
8/3/1996Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years.
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
1/18/1980Assam agitation turns violent; Army called in.
11/17/1953Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away.
2/2/1989France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta.
2/16/1969Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released.
2/4/1973India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation.