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Historical Event on 1/29/1939

Radical Subhas Chandra Rose beats Gandhi's candidature to become Indian President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1990V. P. Singh resigns as party president, but asked to continue.
1/31/1976Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, PVSM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
2/18/1945Kal Yug' era passed away.
10/2/1961Indian Limited Shipping Transport Corporation established.
7/2/1993ONGC converted into corporation by ordinance.
7/22/1999J. H. Patel, Karnataka Chief Minister, recommends dissolution of the Assembly and the Governor Khurshid Alam Khan accepts it. Earlier Mr. Patel drops eight Ministers including the Deputy Chief Minister Siddharamiah.
3/31/1992The new five-year Export-Import policy relaxes restrictions.
4/12/1978India's first double decker train was started between Victoria Terminus (CST) and Pune which beared the name as ""Janta Express"", which is now known under the name of Shivaji's fort as ""Singhgarh Express"".
1/26/1997Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places.