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Historical Event on 6/29/1993

24 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1964Unit Trust of India' established.
10/24/1991Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years.
5/26/2000Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.
4/16/1903Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance.
6/18/1995The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi.
11/10/1989Foundation stone laid for the Ram Janambhoomi temple at Ayodhya.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
3/7/1942Umesh Narayan Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68), was born in Alibaug, Maharashtra.
1/30/1997Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam.
11/7/1991Salauddin and his wife Neena create a world record by travelling in a Nissan car.