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Historical Event on 12/29/1997

Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/27/1995Environmentalist and 'Chipko' leader, Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna ends the 49-day old fast in demand for a scientific review of the controversial Tehri dam project in UP.
1/17/1981Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram.
11/30/1974India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban.
5/30/1977Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons.
4/30/1909Kirpal Prem Nath, educationist, was born at Moga (Punjab).
1/20/1817Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College.
2/13/1994Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence.
7/23/1856Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, scholar, mathematician, philosopher, militant nationalist Indian leader and who helped lay the foundation for India's independence, was born at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.
1/18/1995Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala.
6/3/1999Flight Lieutenant K. Nachiketa is handed over by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the Indian High Commissioner inside the High Commission premises.