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Historical Event on 12/29/1904
K. V. Puttappa, famous Kannada poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Hirekodage.
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| 2/28/1989 | S. B. Chavan, Finance Minister, presents a Rs. 7337 crore-deficit budget for 1989-90. |
| 1/5/1953 | Andhra University celebrated its silver jubilee. |
| 10/1/1867 | Dr. Hiralal, a distinguised historian, was born in Katni near Jabalpur. He compiled a descriptive catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Central Provinces and was an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India. He was also titled as "Rai Bahadur |
| 12/10/1969 | Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production. |
| 3/1/1971 | General Election ( 5th) of India begins. |
| 4/14/1988 | Ashok Kumar, actor, recieved the Dada Saheb Phalke Award. |
| 10/24/1789 | Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born |
| 10/24/1789 | Babur reached to his capital Agra after winning Bengal. |
| 1/11/1994 | Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy. |
| 1/10/1998 | Nine Ranbir Sena supporters are killed in an ambush at Rampurchauram village in Bihar's Jehanabad district. |
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