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Historical Event on 12/29/1844
W.C. Bonerjee, first President of the Indian National Congress, was born in Kidderpore, Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/29/1857 | Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny. |
| 11/2/1774 | Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat, died. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India. |
| 3/9/1997 | Bangladesh and Chakma refugee leaders sign a historic agreement for repatriation of the 50,000 refugees sheltered in six camps in Tripura for the past 11 years. |
| 8/14/1993 | 15 bus passengers massacred in J&K. |
| 3/20/1977 | General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India. |
| 3/4/1994 | Lech Walesa, Polish President, visit India. |
| 6/21/1930 | Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob. |
| 4/6/1897 | Gandhiji submits long memorial to Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Colonies, regarding landing incidents background. Carries on programme of petitioning local and Imperial authorities, as well as of communicating with British and Indian public men regarding discriminatory laws. |
| 8/19/1903 | Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born. |
| 2/1/1785 | Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time. |
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