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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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/13/1922 | Mahadev Sadashivrao Ande, freedom fighter and political leader, was born. |
| 4/5/1908 | Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, was born in Chandwa village in Bhojpur, Bihar. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communications Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70) and Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record. This day is commemorated as ""Samta Diwas"". |
| 12/27/1996 | Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award. |
| 11/1/1967 | Old Punjab, after first partition in 1947, was again seperated into two new states of Punjab and Haryana on linguistic basis, and Chandigarh became a Union Territory. |
| 12/8/1922 | Hari Prasad Sharma, cricket Test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Delhi. |
| 12/1/1989 | National Front decides to form a government with outside support from the BJP and the Left Parties. |
| 8/12/2000 | Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram. |
| 11/28/1997 | Seven-month-old United Front government, headed by Prime Minister I.K Gujral, bows out of office. |
| 11/21/1993 | India and South Africa sign a historic pact on re-establishing diplomatic and consular relations after a gap of 50 years. |
| 4/26/1993 | Indian Airlines' IC 491 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 55 passengers. |
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