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Historical Event on 7/29/1999

Bandh in Mumbai to protest against the verdict barring Bal Thackeray from voting and contesting any election till December 10, 2001.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/12/1991Sonia Gandhi declineed to contest from Amethi.
5/8/1996The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern.
2/10/1999P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi.
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
7/5/1970Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives.
10/29/1961New All India Muslim League was established.
4/18/1970Dr. Dharmendra of the Indian Council of Medical Research awarded the Damien-Duttan Award for outstanding work in leprosy.
7/4/1989Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State.
10/24/1954Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died.
5/2/195340 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers.