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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 |
| 9/18/1995 | Kaka Hathrasi, famous comedy poet, died. |
| 4/8/1946 | HMS Vengeance, sailed with 22 aircraft of No. 4 Sqn, halted at Singapore for re-fueling and set course for Iwakuni, a port of Kyushu island. |
| 12/22/1998 | The National Award for the Best Technological Invention is conferred on Prof. J. R. Isaac, a computer scientist. |
| 1/8/1995 | Madhu Limaye, veteran national leader, socialist thinker, freedom fighter, politician, writer, close associate of Ram Manohar Lohia and Jaya Prakash Narayan, passed away. |
| 4/19/1976 | Maharshi Dayanand University established in Haryana. |
| 9/9/2000 | Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship. |
| 8/17/1997 | Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut. |
| 3/4/1996 | Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products. |
| 1/26/1997 | Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places. |
| 6/3/1992 | M. N. Goiporia, SBI Chairman, asked to go on leave following security scam. |
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