29th Dec – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Find out what happened on the 29th  of December in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occur 29th of December

Womesh Chandra Banerjee or (Umesh Chandra Banerjee) (December 29, 1844 – July 21, 1906) was an Indian politician and the first president of Indian National Congress. One of his grandsons, Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri later on headed the Indian Army. Womesh Chandra Banerjee was born on December 29, 1844 at Calcutta.
Rajesh Khanna  (help·info); (born Jatin Khanna on 29 December 1942) is an Indian actor of Hindi films, who has also been a film producer and a politician. He appeared in 163 feature films of which 106 had him as the solo lead hero and 22 were two hero projects and 17 short films. He won three Filmfare Best Actor Awards and was nominated for the same fourteen times.
Twinkle Khanna  born Tina Jatin Khanna on 29 December 1973) is an Indian film actress who has acted in Bollywood and Telugu films. She is the wife of popular Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar and the daughter of established actors, Dimple Kapadia and Rajesh Khanna. After leaving film industry in 2001,
Ramanand Sagar (29 December 1917 – 12 December 2005) (born Chandramauli Chopra) was an Indian film director. He is most famous for making the extremely popular Ramayan television series, a 78-part TV adaptation of the ancient Hindu epic of the same name, starring Arun Govil as Lord Ram and Deepika Chikhalia as Sita. Ramanand Sagar was born at Asal Guru Ke near Lahore.
Dharmendra Singh Yadav (born December 29, 1972) is an Indian boxer. He received Arjuna Award for boxing in 1991. Yadav represented India 19 times in international events from 1989 to 1994. He won three silver and seven bronze medals. He won a bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games (light flyweight division). He turned professional in 1995, the first Indian boxer to do so.

Death Anniversaries on 29th Of December

Manjit Bawa (1941 – 29 December 2008), born in Dhuri, Punjab, India, was an Indian painter. Manjit Bawa was born in 1941 in Dhuri,Punjab.Bawa’s older brothers encouraged him to pursue art. He studied fine arts at the College of Art, New Delhi between 1958 and 1963, where his professors included Somnath Hore, Rakesh Mehra, Dhanaraj Bhagat and B.C. Sanyal.
Eden Phillpotts (4 November 1862 – 29 December 1960) was an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in India, educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for 10 years before studying for the stage and eventually becoming a writer. He was the author of many novels, plays and poems about Dartmoor.
Bhaurao Krishnaji Gaikwad(October 15, 1902 – December 29, 1971) famously known as Dadasaheb Gaikwad was a politician and social worker from Maharashtra, India. He had also been member of parliament representing the both houses Lok sabha and Rajya sabha. He was honoured by Padma Shri in 1968 for his dedicated service to society. He was a close colleague and follower of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Sivaraj Ramseshan (October 10, 1923 – December 29, 2003) was an Indian scientist known for his work in the field of crystallography. Ramaseshan served as Director of the Indian Institute of Science and was awarded the Padma Bhushan. Ramaseshan is the nephew of Indian scientist and Nobel laureate Sir C. V. Raman and cousin of Subramanyan Chandrasekhar.
Alfred Kirke Ffrench VC (25 February 1835 – 29 December 1872) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Ffrench was twenty-two years old, and a lieutenant in the 53rd Regiment of Foot (later The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry) of the British Army

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