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Historical Event on 12/29/1984

Rajiv Gandhi claims for Indian Prime Minister post after his landslide majority in 8th General Elections.

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9/12/1971Jaikishen, famous Hindi film music director, died.
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1/15/1965Food Corporation of India inaugurated in Madras.
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7/4/1914Savlaram Ravji Patil (P. Savlaram), film lyrisist and story writer, was born.
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.