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Historical Event on 1/29/1997
Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/3/1880 | Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started. |
5/28/1997 | Former Union Ministers Arjun Singh, N.D. Tiwari, R.K. Dhawan and Madhavrao Scindia discharged in the Jain hawala case by special judge V.B. Gupta. |
7/9/1969 | Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer), was born in Hyderabad. |
6/11/1983 | Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89. |
3/22/1999 | 57 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district. |
5/1/1997 | Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men. |
7/13/1998 | The Government is prevented from tabling the Women's Reservation Bill. |
9/24/1873 | Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'. |
11/28/1990 | Union Cabinet approves re-induction of Airbus A-320 in the domestic sector. |
12/4/1999 | A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord. |
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