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Historical Event on 1/29/1975

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/15/1999Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, arrives in Berlin to attend G-20 meet.
2/19/1919Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
5/3/1765Clive became Governor of Bengal for second time from England after he returned to Calcutta.
8/12/1979Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people.
12/26/1904First cross-country motor car race inaugurated between Dehli and Bombay started its rally. It was organised by Motor Union of Western India.
4/26/1929British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India.
2/6/1915Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) was born at Bandnagar, MP.
4/17/1946Bellary Raghava, famous actor, social worker, lawyer and dramatist, passed away.
11/27/2000Supreme Court grants bail to four AIADMK men accused in the 2nd February Dharmapuri bus burning incident.