29 March - India on this day26 events
S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).
Harindra Dave, chief editor of Janmabhumi Group and Gujrati author, passed away.
A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.
Sir Edwin Lutyens, Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, was born.
Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh.
Sundaram Gundibalirama, right-hand batsman and right-arm medium fast bowler, was born at Udipi in Karnataka.
Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara.
Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was hanged at Berhampur Jail.
Akbar attacked on Malwa at Sarangpur and defeated Bajbahadar.
Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now.
Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March.
Centenary celebrations of Tansa Dam held at Tansa. No of Seats of the Standing Committee and Education Committee increased from 20 to 27and 20 to 26 respectively and that of the B.E.S. & T. Committee from 12 to 17 (Vide Maharashtra Act XXI of 1992) (CIVIC).
The expert committee recomends an autonomous council for the Jharkhand region of Bihar.
SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari).
Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away.
Delhi (707) beat Karnataka (705) on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy.
Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India.
Shri Anand Rishiji Maharaj 1008 , Acharya Samrat of 'Jain Shraman Sangh', passed away.