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Historical Event on 1/29/1999
Alok Kumar of Punjab defeated Devendra Joshi of Maharashtra at the IIT complex at New Delhi.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/6/1993 | Medha Patkar suspends anti-Narmada stir and drops her ''jal samarpan'' threat. |
1/18/1990 | Farooq Abdullah, J&K CM, quits. |
12/19/1994 | K. A. P. Vishwanathan, famous Tamil author, passed away. |
11/6/1904 | Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born. |
11/10/1698 | East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time. |
6/19/1997 | Indian Prime Minister and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, spoke for first time on restored hotline, to reiterate their committment to comprehensive dialogue, including Kashmir. |
1/22/1990 | The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90). |
1/22/1990 | Surdas (1483-1563), blind Hindi bard and singer of Agra whose hymns to Krishna are compiled in the 'Sursagar', was born in Sihi village near Delhi. |
3/1/1908 | Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India. |
4/18/1971 | Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay. |
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