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Events for April 29

29-April-1639	Delhi's Red fort construction commenced by laying the Foundation Stone by Shah Jahan. This fort was completed on May 13, 1646.
29-April-1848	Raja Ravi Verma, famous classic, prolific painter and great Indian Artist, was born in Kilimanoor, Kerala.
29-April-1882	Raja Ali Sayyed, leader of Muslim League, was born.
29-April-1909	Tukdoji Maharaj, social reformer, modern Saint and poet, was born at Yavli in Amravati district, Maharashtra.
29-April-1924	Purushottam Ramchandra Behr, famous writer and Editor of Marathi literature, was born.
29-April-1936	Zubin Mehta, famous music conductor (NY Philharmonic), was born in Bombay, India.
29-April-1939	Netaji resigned from the Congress and established his own party, the Forward Block and created a political deadlock in India.
29-April-1947	Abolition of `untouchability.'
29-April-1948	Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away.
29-April-1954	India accepted Tibet as a part of China.
29-April-1957	The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India.
29-April-1960	Pandit Balkrishna Sarma ''Navin'', famous Hindi poet of modern era, passed away.
29-April-1979	Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 93.
29-April-1997	R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died.
29-April-1998	India and Myanmar agree upon steps to ensure trans-border security, cooperation in the fight against trafficking of narcotics and implementation of mutually beneficial cross-border projects.
29-April-1998	The Reserve Bank reduces the bank rate by one point from 10 per cent in its monetary and credit policy for the first half of 1998- 99.
29-April-2000	The Army institutes a high-level court of inquiry under Maj. Gen. C.B. Suku to look into the causes of the arms depot conflagration.