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Historical Event on 1/26/1929

Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/27/1910Bande Ali Khan, great singer of `Beenkar' and `Kirana Gharana', passed away.
1/23/1809Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Khinda village in the north of Sambalpur at Orissa.
3/31/1993Kidnapped cardiac surgeon Dr. Abdul Ahad Guroo killed in Srinagar.
3/4/1924Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad' wrote the song 'Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara'.
3/17/1910Smt. Anutai Wagh, great social worker, passed away.
12/28/1931The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him.
2/28/1859Surbhi, farmer lady of Dholi Bavli, Central India, who was arrested for helping her son Bheema Nayak in the freedom movement and was jailed in Mahamandaleshwar jail, passed away.
10/16/1978Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.
3/11/1971Indira Gandhi wins majority in Parliament.
9/25/1914Devilal, former deputy Prime Minister of India and leader of farmers, was born.