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Historical Event on 1/29/1997

Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1990Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died.
9/26/1931At Lancashire, Gandhi sees textile workers hurt by Indian boycott but says home spinning must go on.
3/22/1977Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha.
4/3/1984Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
9/22/1979Israel conducts nuclear test at Indian Ocean.
2/17/1991Krishnabai Mote, famous author and social worker, passed away.
11/17/1932The Third Round Table Conference began in London. It was not attended by the Congress as the real Indian participation in the making of the constitution was negligible. Since Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it either. This conference ended on 24th November 1932 without achieving anything.
2/22/1858Gannau resident of Samosa Gali in Delhi, arrested for revolutionary activities, was hanged.
10/31/1997Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.
3/17/1997A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.