October 29

•  1929-"Black Tuesday" Wall Street Stock Market crashes triggering the "Great Depression".
• 1958-US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• 1960-Cassius Clay's [Muhammed Ali] 1st professional flight; beats Tunney Hunsaker on points in 6 rounds in Louisville, Kentucky.
• 1966-National Organization of Women founded.
• 2005-Delhi bombings kill more than 60.
  

Himachal Pradesh-Thoda

 This material art of Himachal Pradesh is also known as the art of Archery.Thoda depends on one's talent with the boe and arrow.Mandi or Mandav Nagar in Himachal Pradesh is known as Varanasi of Hills. The place has a number of Siva temples and is also called 'Chhoti (small) Kashi'.

October 28

 

• 1886- On this day U.S. President Grover Cleveland officially dedicated the Statue of liberty a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States on Bedloe's Island in Upper New York Bay.
• 1955-Bill Gates who cofounde Mirosoft, was born.
• 1989-Twenty people were killed in the crash of a commuter plane on the island of Hawali.
  

HARYANA-Swang or Saang

 This theatre form is popular in Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh. IT is more dialogue-oriented than movement -oriented, REligious stories and folk tales are enacted by a group of ten or twelve persons.

October 27

•  1795-The United States and Spain signed the Treaty of San Lorenzo (Pinckey's Treaty).
• 1954-The first Walt Disney television show "Dineyland" premiered on ABC.
• 1987-Vijay Merchant, Indian cricketer, passed away.
  
• 1997-Britan conclude a 54- nation Common wealth meeting.

Goa-Tarangamel, Ovi and Dashavatar

Tarangamel is a folk dance perormed in Goa on the occasions of Dussera and Holi by young boys and girls. The dance form derives its name from the streamers also known as 'tarang' involved in the dance. Ovi, is a form of folk music usually sung in Maharashtra and Goa. The songs are orally conveyed through generations of women, who sing them for leisure and also during their household work. Dashavatar, a theatre form is of the Komkan and Goa regions. The performers persoify the ten incamations of Lord Vishnu. The performers wear masks.

October 26

•  1896-Abyssinia & Italy signed peace treaty.
• 1905-First Soviet workers council formed, St Petersburg, Russia.
• 1939-Polish Jews forced into obligatory work service.
• 1947-British military occupation ends in Iraq.
• 1950-Mother Teresa founds Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta,India.
• 2001-The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.