October29

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.

Priceless and irreplaceable gems, including the famed 'Star of India' of 563.35 carats and 2.5 inches in diameter, were stolen from the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA, in a daring burglary. An alarm system was discontinued years ago as was the all-night guard in the gem hall, both for reasons of economy. The jewels were uninsured due to high-priced premiums. There were other jewels too that were also robbed during this time..

Janta Dal leaders inculding V.P. Singh arrested on way to Ayodhya.

L .K. Advani, Home Minister, says the Centre is in touch with cyclone-hit states.

P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000.

Narendra Kumar Chhajerh, great industrialist, was born.

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, freedom fighter and political leader, passed away.

Barister Waman Barlinge (Dadasaheb), great freedom fighter, former Rajya Sabha member and Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, passed away.

Amalgamation of the Steel Corporation of Bengal with Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd. to be effective from 1st January 1953 under the latter's name.

British Indian Association was established in Bengal with Radha Kanta Dev as president and Devendranath Tagore as the Secretary.

Kamini' (Kalpakkam Mini), a 30 KW research reactor which uses man-made Uranium-233 as fuel and the only working reactor of its kind in the world, attains 'criticality'.

Dhondo Keshav Karve, first social and educational reformer of Maharashtra, honoured by Bharat Ratna Award.

Vyankat Chalaiyya Manipalli Narayan Chalaiyya, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.

Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died.

China attacked India.

Jamia Milliya Islamia was founded by Dr. Jakir Husain and his collegues at Aligarh. 'Khilafat' and the Non- Cooperation Movement were an integral part of policy animating.

Kurtkoti Lingangaunda, great Indian Philosopher, passed away.

Cyclone and tidal waves struck Orissa state claiming 10,000 lives.

Mysore's popular ministry sworn in.

New All India Muslim League was established.

Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote.

Jitendra Prasada, senior Congress leader, files nomination papers for the party presidential polls setting the stage for a contest against the incumbent, Ms. Sonia Gandhi.

The Anubhav Group chairman C. Natesan was arrested by the Mumbai Police on alleged charges of duping investors to the tune of Rs. 1.16 crore.