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Historical Event on 12/29/1959
Durgapur Iron Plant inaugurated.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/17/1966 | India's beauty queen Rita Faria was crowned as 'Miss World' in World Beauty contest held in London. She was a medical student. |
| 4/8/1991 | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta,Assam CM, steps down as party chief. |
| 7/31/1997 | Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant. |
| 9/12/1932 | Vijaya Shriniwas Jahagirdas, famous Marathi story writer and poet, was born. |
| 5/1/1947 | Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle. |
| 9/25/1946 | Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian cricketer was born. |
| 11/12/1896 | Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali, explorer, ecologist, teacher, writer and bird watcher, was born. |
| 4/27/1997 | CBI decides to prosecute Bihar CM Laloo Prasad Yadav, former CM Dr. Jagannath Mishra, Union Minister Chandra Deo Prasad Verma and 53 others in the Rs. 950 crore fodder scam case. |
| 7/1/1989 | New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K. |
| 6/1/1993 | Burkino Faso President Blaise Campaore visits India. |
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