January29

Ramkrishna Mission Sanskritik Sansthan (Institute of Culture) was established.

Indian National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music inaugurated.

'Bhartiya Kamgar Kisan Party' established.

First Newspaper, J.A.Hickey's Bengal Gazette - January 29, 1781.

Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta .

'Hicleche Bengal Gazette' newspaper published in India.

Parliament approves permanent government and censorship of newspapers at New Delhi.

Suicide by more than 50 farmers reported in the Telangana region in the past few days.

Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai.

Madhusudan Rao, modern writer in Oria language, was born.

Swami Paranabananda Brahamachari, founder of `Bharat Sevashram Sangha', was born in Bajitpur village of Faridpur district. He took 'sanyas' in 1924.

Judge A.N. Ray, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.

Maharana Pratap Singh of Udaipur, great freedom fighter, soldier and revolutionary, passed away. His son Amar Singh succeeded him.

Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies.

Gandhiji sails for England as Congress delegate to Second Round Table Conference. This conference was attended by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Sarojini Naidu.

Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/02/1978.

Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'.

Tamil Nadu Expess, India's first Jumbo passenger train, was flagged off from New Delhi Railway Station for Madras.

Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, one Test for India, died.

West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2.

Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman.

Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement.

Piloo Mody, veteran Parliament member and senior leader of Janata Party, passed away.

Radical Subhas Chandra Rose beats Gandhi's candidature to become Indian President.

Parliamenentary Committee on official language constituted. The Committee has since then submitted six parts of its report and Presidential orders have been issued on first five parts of it. The sixth part is in print.

Indira Gandhi names 12 new ministers as Cabinet resigns.

India and Israel decide to establish full diplomatic relations.

S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.

Alok Kumar of Punjab defeated Devendra Joshi of Maharashtra at the IIT complex at New Delhi.