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Historical Event on 12/29/1972
Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/20/1964 | P. T. Usha, famous sprinter, was born. |
| 9/29/1992 | Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes put India into the World round of 16 nations in the Davis Cup tennis by defeating Britain (4-1) |
| 11/23/1897 | Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born. |
| 6/13/1757 | Clive marched to Murshidabad against Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah along with the force comprising of 1800 British and 2000 Indian soldiers with eight canons. |
| 8/16/1922 | Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska. |
| 6/3/1993 | K N Venkatasubramanian,IOC Chairman, suspended for leaking information about oil purchase plans to international dealers. |
| 7/17/1893 | Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months. |
| 4/22/1998 | India and Bangladesh resolve to work together to ''root out terrorism'', push bilateral trade and harness river waters of the region. |
| 4/22/1998 | Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India. |
| 11/11/1998 | V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai. |
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