General Events on May 29
2004 : Pakistan test-fires nuclear capable Hatf-V Ghauri Intermediate range Ballistic missile. It can carry all types of warheads up to 1500km.
2004 : Novelist and human rights activist Arundhati Roy has been awarded the 2004 Sydney Peace Prize for her work in social campaigns and advocacy of non-violence.
2004 : The 51st anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest was celebrated in Darjeeling
2004 : Habibul Bashar scores 113 and leads Bangladesh in the first test against West Indies. Bangladesh scores 278/7 at end of day one
2004 : Professor JC Misra of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur bagged the year's Raja Ram Mohun Roy award in recognition of his outstanding contributions in the field of Mathematics