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Historical Event on 12/21/1929
Indian National Congress convenes in Lahore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1914 | Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal. |
| 2/7/1983 | Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta . |
| 5/30/1991 | Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away. |
| 6/23/1997 | Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange. |
| 11/6/1913 | Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of Indian Passive Resistance Movement, was arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa by British troops. |
| 8/1/1953 | Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas. |
| 10/16/1992 | Capt. P. K. Sahgal of Azad Hind Fauz died. During the trial at the Red Fort, he said, "Beacuse I wanted freedom for my motherland , I was ready to shed my blood for it." (15-5-97 |
| 4/21/1995 | Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful. |
| 11/21/1961 | Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef |
| 3/9/1997 | Bezawada Gopala Reddy, 89, former Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died. |
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