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Historical Event on 8/29/1991

Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/22/1944Man Mohan Modi Seth , great industrialist, was born at Modinagar, U.P.
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.
10/18/1879Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India.
9/12/1786Lord Cornwallis was appointed, and became Governor General of India, as well as the Commander-in-Chief Army Officer.
4/13/1890Ramchandra Gopal Torne (Dadasaheb), film director, was born.
9/5/1957Wealth Tax Bill passed in Rajya Sabha.
9/18/1992Andhra government's order of setting up 12 private medical colleges quashed by a full bench of the High Court.
6/29/1991A 32-member Left Front cabinet led by Jyoti Basu sworn in in West Bengal.
8/6/1992A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.
5/24/1999Noted wrestling coach Dronacharya awardee Guru Hanuman passed away in a road accident near Meerut.