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Historical Event on 1/29/1979

Tamil Nadu Expess, India's first Jumbo passenger train, was flagged off from New Delhi Railway Station for Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1927Cargo Transportation service started between Calcutta and Bagdogra.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
10/14/1955Colombo Plan conference held at New Delhi pleas for technological aid to Asia .
3/25/1905Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born.
1/5/1890Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.
4/4/1987Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away.
2/16/1911Bhalchandra Gopal Bapat, newspaper editor and educationalist, was born.
10/3/1831Britishers captured Mysore.
3/1/1993Narayan Ganesh Goray passed away (1-5-98).
2/4/1910New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest.