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Historical Event on 7/29/1997

Rabri Devi inducts 60 ministers, including 22 of cabinet rank, thus raising strength of her Council of Ministers to 74.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1903Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra).
3/1/1908A.E.T. Barrow, educationist, was born.
12/31/1998Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal.
7/18/1947Indian Independence Act, signed by King George VI, was proclaimed as Indian Freedom Act, 1947.
9/18/1917Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana).
9/2/1996Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov in Rapid Chess tournament in Geneva.
12/24/1998A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces increased cash awards for Asian Games medallists.
12/12/1930Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods.
4/5/1993K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy, Andhra Pradesh's CM, defeats TDP's Renuka Chowdhary by 31,611 votes in the Panyam Assembly election.
12/19/1952Nehru announces the Government's decision for establishing an Andhra State, constituting Telugu speaking areas of the State of Madras, excluding the city.