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Historical Event on 12/29/1885
A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/8/1948 | Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, passed away at Pearl River, New York. |
| 5/18/1999 | R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai. |
| 5/18/1999 | Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born. |
| 10/15/1996 | H.D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, launched the concluding ceremony of the 85th year of ICMR at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. He also gave away the ICMR Prizes and Awards (1994-95) to outstanding bio-medical scientists of India. |
| 5/12/1923 | Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born. |
| 5/22/1996 | United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party. |
| 6/1/1993 | Burkino Faso President Blaise Campaore visits India. |
| 6/22/1910 | Mohommed Hussain `Azad', great Urdu poet, eassy writer and critic, died. |
| 5/1/1947 | Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle. |
| 10/2/1929 | Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust |
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