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Historical Event on 1/29/1979
Tamil Nadu Expess, India's first Jumbo passenger train, was flagged off from New Delhi Railway Station for Madras.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/13/1916 | Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, great Industrialist, was born. |
| 8/1/1958 | Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave. |
| 12/8/1998 | An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award. |
| 9/16/1967 | Tibetan, Indian and Chinese troops engage in fighting at Natu La pass on the Tibet-Sikkim border. |
| 3/29/1998 | The new govt. wins the vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha. |
| 6/11/2000 | Rajesh Pilot, Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister, died in a road accident in his home constituency, Dausa. |
| 12/12/1976 | Madanlal Dhingra's ashes were brought to India. |
| 11/23/1991 | India decides to upgrade its ties with the Soviet Republics. |
| 11/23/1991 | Amir Timur left Delhi. He took the title 'Emperor of India' and recrossed the Indus on March 11. |
| 5/15/1993 | K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93. |
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