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Historical Event on 12/29/1997

Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/20/1989R. S. Pathak, Chief Justice of India, elected to the World Court.
1/3/1921First Indian Parliament meets.
4/28/1986Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
5/15/1878Sivnath Shastri and Ananda Mohan Bose, under the leadership of the younger group of Brahmo Sama, rebelled and started Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.
4/16/1934Ram Damodar Naik was born in Sangli (Maharashtra).
5/16/1960International Telex Service between India and U.K. started.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
10/3/1985Morocco breaks diplomatic relations with India after New Delhi announced its recognition of the Saharwi Arab Democratic Republic.
1/21/1943Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by British police.
8/1/2000Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan to be new Army chief replacing Gen. V. P. Malik.