Today Importance - 29th August
29-August-1612
Battle of Surat, India; The English fleet defeated the Portuguese.
29-August-1880
Birth of great freedom fighter Madhav Srihari Anna.
29-August-1905
Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family in Prayag, Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as the master of hockey. India commends this day as Public Games Day.
29-August-1923
Hiralal Ghasulal Gaikwad, the cricket all-rounder who played Test for India in 1952–53, was born in Nagpur.
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