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Historical Event on 1/29/1997
Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/15/1997 | Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail. |
| 12/20/2000 | Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces the Government's decision to extend J&K ceasefire till January 26, 2001. |
| 1/14/1990 | J&K Governor quits. |
| 3/19/1997 | BJP and BSP agree for a coalition government in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 2/28/1835 | Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20. |
| 7/31/1865 | Jagannath Sunkersett, great social worker, educationist and sculptor of modern Mumbai, passed away at the age of 62. |
| 9/29/1942 | The British police shot Matangini Hazra, a 72-year old woman of Tamluk town in Midnapur district, when she was leading the flag at Tamluk in August movement procession. |
| 10/6/1779 | Elphinston, historian and administrator of Mumbai province, was born. |
| 2/28/1985 | M.G. Katre became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/10/89). |
| 9/1/1999 | Dr. S. Srinivasan (58), Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram, died. |
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