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Historical Event on 1/29/1994

Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/13/1947Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
2/26/196634 national leaders charge Indira Gandhi's rule is 'constitutional dictatorship'.
8/4/2000Justice Brij Mohan Lal was sworn in chairman of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission.
9/3/1906Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'.
11/21/1969Bhilai Steel Plant creates a new world record in steel-making by producing 'one heat' in four hours three minutes.
10/19/1907Sulochana Modi, first lady Mayor of Mumbai Mahanagar Palika, was born.
3/11/1997Chennai police seize a large quantity of powerful explosives and arrest two Muslim fundamentalists.
12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.
8/30/1992The first Indian-built ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) successfully flown in Bangalore.
1/10/1912Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, great artist and professor, was born at Dacca, Bangladesh.