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Historical Event on 12/29/1965

First Indian-made tank 'Vijayanta' rolled off the Avadi Heavy Vehicles factory.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/20/1924Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha.
2/26/1984Satellite Insat 1-B dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
9/19/2000Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.
11/12/1885Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born.
9/27/1703More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England.
6/2/1965The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India).
3/5/1989Baba Prithvisingh, founder of Labour Party, passed away.
9/15/1927Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was born.
4/10/1996Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India.
1/1/1995N.D.Tiwari steps down as president of UP Congress committee.