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Historical Event on 12/29/1997
Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/16/1993 | Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people. |
| 8/25/1959 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China. |
| 12/29/1938 | Mahavir Prasad Dvivedi, famous litterateur, writer, poet and editor, died at the age of 74. |
| 1/31/1958 | First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy. |
| 11/18/1936 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, prolific writer and leader, died. |
| 1/25/1930 | Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP. |
| 2/28/1950 | The Finance Minister announces the setting up of the Planning Commission with Nehru and Nanda as Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively. |
| 4/12/1942 | Nehru pledges 'no surrender' to the Axis despite the rejection of Britain's plans at New Delhi. |
| 4/4/1994 | Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns. |
| 5/5/1977 | Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party. |
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