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Historical Event on 8/29/1998

Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/19/1999Salgaocar emerged National Football League champions in Calcutta with a match to spare.
2/13/1991Surjit Singh Barnala resigns as Governor of Tamil Nadu.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
10/19/1774Members of the Council and the Judge of Supreme Court of England came to improve the management in India.
2/17/1998Re-poll is ordered in 599 polling stations spread over nine states, following reports of largescale booth capturing. The Election Commission is to probe malpractices in Madhepura, Baghpat and Patna.
10/21/1989Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha and Harminder Singh alias Jinda sentenced to death for the murder of former Army Chief Gen. A. K. Vaidya.
6/12/1960783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.
3/1/1640Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras.
7/30/1993CBI arrests Bhupen Dalal and three other brokers for cheating of LIC Mutual Funds involving Rs.173 crore.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.