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Historical Event on 12/29/1957

8,000 ton cruiser INS Mysore commissioned.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/10/1999The Delhi police arrest Mohammad Javed alias Babu Bhai, an accused in the Jain Hawala case.
10/27/2000The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively.
12/1/1955Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism.
5/22/1970Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'.
1/2/1953Government set up a Board of Editors under Dr. Syed Mahmood to prepare a history of Freedom Movement in India.
11/18/1973Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away. She came to India in 1914.
11/17/1994North Eastern Council decides to include Sikkim in the Council.
3/17/1863Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda was born.
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
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