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29 January - India on this day29 events

1939

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

#foundation29-January-1939
1953

Indian National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music inaugurated.

#foundation29-January-1953
1955

'Bhartiya Kamgar Kisan Party' established.

#foundation29-January-1955
1781

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

#publication29-January-1781
1780

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

#publication29-January-1780
1870

'Hicleche Bengal Gazette' newspaper published in India.

#publication29-January-1870
1976

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

#publication#politics29-January-1976
1998

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

#disaster29-January-1998
1997

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

#disaster29-January-1997
1853

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

#birth29-January-1853
1896

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

#birth29-January-1896
1912

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

#birth#law29-January-1912
1597

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

#freedom fighter#death29-January-1597
1994

Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies.

#industries29-January-1994
1931

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

#meeting29-January-1931
1977

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

#law29-January-1977
1997

Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'.

#law29-January-1997
1979

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

#transport29-January-1979
1968

Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, one Test for India, died.

#sports#death29-January-1968
1975

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

#sports29-January-1975
1993

Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman.

#sports29-January-1993
1997

Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement.

#sports29-January-1997
1983

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

#death#politics29-January-1983
1939

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

#politics29-January-1939
1976

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.

#politics29-January-1976
1983

Indira Gandhi names 12 new ministers as Cabinet resigns.

#politics29-January-1983
1992

India and Israel decide to establish full diplomatic relations.

#politics29-January-1992
1996

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

#politics29-January-1996
1999

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

#politics29-January-1999