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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 |
| 10/23/1996 | Amjad Ali Khan, sarod maestro, appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 4/9/1999 | K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur. |
| 2/28/1859 | Surbhi, farmer lady of Dholi Bavli, Central India, who was arrested for helping her son Bheema Nayak in the freedom movement and was jailed in Mahamandaleshwar jail, passed away. |
| 11/22/1993 | Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna. |
| 3/15/1983 | Karnataka beat Bombay in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy. |
| 11/6/1988 | The graduated use of force finally compelled the rebels to surrender and the personnel of Godavari then took over. When psychological pressure did not succeed, warning shots were fired by both the naval ships. |
| 7/18/1980 | Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), died. |
| 7/17/1979 | Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
| 2/8/1967 | Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd. |
| 5/12/1995 | India refused to sign NPT in its present discriminatory form. |
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