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Historical Event on 3/29/1977
S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/31/1997 | Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore. |
| 11/28/1990 | President's rule imposed in Assam. Assembly kept in suspended animation. United Liberation Front of Assam and National Socialist Council of Nagaland banned. |
| 3/22/2000 | P. Shanmugham sworn in Chief Minister of Pondicherry. |
| 1/4/1948 | Burma achieved its independence from Great Britain. In 1989, Burma changed its name to Myanmar to reflect the multi-ethnic composition of the country. Apart from the Burmese, the main ethnic minority groups are the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, and Kachin. Just as the Burmese did against the British, almost all of these ethnic groups have struggled against the Burmese government for self-determination. |
| 8/26/1947 | Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion. |
| 4/8/1894 | Lifetime of Swami Chandrashekarendra(1894-1994), venerated Shankaracharya saint of Kanchi monastery in South India. |
| 2/25/1938 | Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay. |
| 3/12/1992 | India and the US decide to hold joint naval exercises in the Indian ocean. |
| 12/17/1998 | Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category. |
| 3/28/1914 | Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement. |
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