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Historical Event on 12/29/1996
Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/26/1966 | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet. |
| 1/16/1995 | Missile carrier vessel 'Vidhrut' dedicated to nation. |
| 5/13/1953 | The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin. |
| 5/15/1873 | The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England. |
| 5/5/1966 | Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa. |
| 6/11/1907 | Shantilal Jivanlal Gandhi, famous Hindi writer, was born in Mehmadabad, Gujarat . |
| 4/20/1965 | First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest. |
| 11/14/1926 | Piloo H. Mody, social reformer, politician and architect, was born at Bombay. |
| 5/31/1998 | India rejects mediation on issues with Pakistan, reiterates its commitment to address outstanding issues bilaterally. |
| 5/1/1992 | Seperate secretariat was established for primary education. |
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