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Historical Event on 12/29/1997
Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/6/1961 | India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay. |
| 2/5/1919 | Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born. |
| 6/21/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished. |
| 12/6/1946 | Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London. |
| 1/30/1988 | Sheshrao Wankhede, barrister, passed away. |
| 11/10/1698 | East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time. |
| 9/16/1931 | Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan, popularly known as George Sudarshan, was born in Kottayam, Kerala. He was a physicist of world repute. |
| 9/18/2000 | President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee. |
| 1/26/1927 | Laxman Madhav Katre, former Indian Air Chief Marshall, was born. |
| 2/19/1993 | German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President. |
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