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Historical Event on 1/29/1976

Parliament approves permanent government and censorship of newspapers at New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1919Arjan Singh, Air Chief Marshal and Padma Vibhushan, DFC, was born in Lyalpur.
7/31/2000The Lok Sabha passes by voice vote a bill for creation of Chhattisgarh state.
12/12/1961Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu.
5/1/1973All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised.
3/22/1915Dr. Nagendra, famous hindi critic, was born.
7/31/1980Muhammad Rafi, famous playback singer, died at the age of 40.
6/2/1965The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India).
6/11/1999India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men.
11/15/199237 die in a landslide at Meghamalai near Chinnamanur.
8/11/1999The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.