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Historical Event on 12/31/1929
At the Lahore session, under the Presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress adopted a resolution of 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence), the slogan given by Gandhiji. The tricolour flag of freedom was unfurled and 26th January 1930 was decided to be celebrated as Independence day every year. This session led to Civil Disobedience Movement, Dandi March to break the Salt Law, etc.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/9/1965 | After Indo-Pak conflict of 1965, the Raksha Medal, Samar Seva Star and some others were introduced. |
| 5/1/1922 | Madhu Limaye, great politician, freedom fighter, writer and national leader, was born at Pune, Maharashtra. |
| 2/3/1997 | Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes. |
| 9/29/1971 | Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people. |
| 9/10/1623 | Shah Jahan entered Rajputana and raided Amber crossing the Tapti. He arrived near the kingdom of Golconda and from there passed on to Orissa which was surrendered to him. |
| 1/10/1998 | Geet Sethi retains National billiards title in Calcutta. |
| 10/29/1996 | Kamini' (Kalpakkam Mini), a 30 KW research reactor which uses man-made Uranium-233 as fuel and the only working reactor of its kind in the world, attains 'criticality'. |
| 5/30/1999 | India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions. |
| 9/2/1998 | Nishant, the pilotless training aircraft developed by DRDO, is successfully flown from Chandipore. |
| 8/12/1905 | Japan, Britain reach an accord determining spheres of influence in Far East; India to remain with the British. |
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