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Historical Event on 12/29/1972
Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/13/1990 | Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died. |
| 12/12/1925 | Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959), was born in Surat, Gujarat. |
| 7/24/1997 | Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali. |
| 5/3/1896 | Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great nationalist, lawyer, freedom fighter, barrister and member of the Rajya Sabha, was born at Panniyankara in Calicut, Kerala. |
| 8/6/1998 | SriKrishna Commission report was tabled by the Maharashtra government. It was rejected by the ruling alliance whom it heavily indicted. |
| 8/17/1911 | Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born. |
| 5/12/1906 | Gandhiji support the ""Home Rule"" for India in the name of ''justice and for good of humanity"". |
| 7/21/1977 | K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 8/8/1946 | India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles. |
| 5/15/1998 | Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award. |
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