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Historical Event on 12/29/1972
Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/29/1612 | Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese. |
| 12/12/1999 | No transparency in judicial appointments, says Justice Kuldip Singh, retired judge of the Supreme Court. |
| 3/10/1912 | Anant Ramachandra Joshi, cricket Test Umpire for 12 test from 1948-5, was born in Maharashtra. |
| 12/23/1964 | India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed. |
| 6/6/1891 | Vanktesh Iyengar Masti, famous Kannad poet, story writer, novelist, playwright and critic, was born. |
| 11/16/1990 | Allahabad High Court stays UP Government's decision to increase reservation quota for Backward Classes. |
| 7/13/1913 | Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar . |
| 1/25/1999 | Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri. |
| 3/1/1990 | BJP swept to power in Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, shares power with JD in Gujarat and Rajasthan. |
| 10/10/1995 | G. R Khairnar, the high profile suspended Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, was reinstated. |
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