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Historical Event on 4/29/1639

Delhi's Red fort construction commenced by laying the Foundation Stone by Shah Jahan. This fort was completed on May 13, 1646.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/20/1993British parliament ratifies the Indo-British extradition treaty.
10/1/1919Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar, famous Marathi poet and screenplay writer, was born.
2/6/1954Kashmir Assembly accepts re-unification with India.
11/9/1990JD expels Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel and UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav from Legislative wings and primary membership of the party.
5/17/1980V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs.
7/6/1960The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960.
7/31/1974B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 15-08-1974.
12/17/1987Bhopal court orders the Union Carbide to pay Rs. 350 crore as interim relief to 1984 gas victims.
9/10/1912B. D. Jatti, former Vice President of India, was born.
1/8/1968The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language.