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Historical Event on 1/29/1912

Judge A.N. Ray, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/28/1986Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
8/8/1984P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.
8/4/1997Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo).
2/3/1916Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya.
2/24/1899Maheshchandra Burjorjee Bilimoria, film distributor, was born.
11/9/1710Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized.
1/26/1995Dr. Nelson Mandela attends India's 46th Republic Day celebration as national guest.
5/6/199712 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi.
12/23/1995400 people, mostly children and their parents, die in a fire that broke out during the Annual Day celebrations of DAV Public School. The fire was suspected to be caused due to electric short-circuit in Mandi Dabwali, Haryana.
1/10/1964Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta.