TODAY HISTORY 29 OCTOBER

India - 29-October

1851-29-October-  British Indian Association was established in Bengal with Radha Kanta Dev as president and Devendranath Tagore as the Secretary.

1920-29-October-  Jamia Milliya Islamia was founded by Dr. Jakir Husain and his collegues at Aligarh. 'Khilafat' and the Non- Cooperation Movement were an integral part of policy animating.

1929-29-October-  Vyankat Chalaiyya Manipalli Narayan Chalaiyya, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.

1930-29-October-  Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.

1935-29-October-  Narendra Kumar Chhajerh, great industrialist, was born.

1947-29-October-  Mysore's popular ministry sworn in.

1952-29-October-  Amalgamation of the Steel Corporation of Bengal with Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd. to be effective from 1st January 1953 under the latter's name.

1958-29-October-  Dhondo Keshav Karve, first social and educational reformer of Maharashtra, honoured by Bharat Ratna Award.

1961-29-October-  New All India Muslim League was established.

1962-29-October-  China attacked India.

1964-29-October-  Star of India & other jewels are stolen in a daring burglary at New York, USA.

1967-29-October-  Kurtkoti Lingangaunda, great Indian Philosopher, passed away.

1971-29-October-  Cyclone and tidal waves struck Orissa state claiming 10,000 lives.

1988-29-October-  Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, freedom fighter and political leader, passed away.

1990-29-October-  Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died.

1991-29-October-  Janta Dal leaders inculding V.P. Singh arrested on way to Ayodhya.

1991-29-October-  Barister Waman Barlinge (Dadasaheb), great freedom fighter, former Rajya Sabha member and Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, passed away.

1992-29-October-  Komar Singh, the first Indian Ambassador to Israel, presented credentials to President Chain Herzog in Jerusalem.

1996-29-October-  Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote.

1996-29-October-  Kamini' (Kalpakkam Mini), a 30 KW research reactor which uses man-made Uranium-233 as fuel and the only working reactor of its kind in the world, attains 'criticality'.

1997-29-October-  P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000.

1999-29-October-  The Anubhav Group chairman C. Natesan was arrested by the Mumbai Police on alleged charges of duping investors to the tune of Rs. 1.16 crore.

1999-29-October-      a super cyclone struck Odisha, causing widespread destruction, with at least 10,000 lives lost and an estimated 1.5 million people rendered homeless.

1999-29-October-  L .K. Advani, Home Minister, says the Centre is in touch with cyclone-hit states.

2000-29-October-  Jitendra Prasada, senior Congress leader, files nomination papers for the party presidential polls setting the stage for a contest against the incumbent, Ms. Sonia Gandhi.

2005-29-October-     Bombings in Delhi kill more than 60.

World 29-October

998 -29-October-  The Gothenburg discothèque fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures 200

1349-29-October-  Jews of Augsburg Germany massacred

1775-29-October-  Sir James Jay invents invisible ink

1812-29-October-  Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia

1825-29-October- 1st Italian opera in US, "Barber of Seville" premieres (NYC)

1863-29-October- Battle of Ft Sanders, TN (Ft Loudon), 8-900 casualities

1581-29-October-  Doornik (Tournai) surrenders to Duke of Parma

1887-29-October- US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii

1894-29-October- 3rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 18-0 in Montgomery

1902-29-October- Gerhart Hauptmann's "Der arme Heinrich" premieres in Vienna

1915-29-October- Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California.

1916-29-October- US declares martial law in Dominican Republic

1921-29-October- Coldest day in November in Netherlands -14.0°C

1969-29-October- The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on 

ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.

1971-29-October-  In Macon, Georgia, guitarist Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle accident.

1982-29-October-  USSR performs underground nuclear test

1985-29-October-  Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.

1986-29-October-  British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.

1987-29-October- "Dreamgirls" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 177 performances

1987-29-October- New Orleans Saints win, assuring their 1st winning NFL season

1944-29-October- World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.

2002-29-October- Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire, a fire destroys a luxurious department store where 1500 people are shopping. Over 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted

2005-29-October- The new Croatian Communist Party (KPH) is founded in Vukovar.

2007-29-October- The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to The Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.

2012-29-October-  Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly.

2015-29-October- China announces the end of One Child Policy after 35 years.

2015-29-October- 104th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats Belgium in Ghent 6-3, 7-5, 6-3, 1st win since 1936