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Historical Event on 1/29/1992

India and Israel decide to establish full diplomatic relations.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1989Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole.
1/26/1961Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.
4/22/1983Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85.
11/2/1971Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives.
5/11/1999Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on four of the 26 accused, life imprisionment to three and acquitted the remaining 19 people.
5/16/1946Gandhiji's Cabinet Mission announces Plan.
12/9/1942Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, doctor of international fame, died at Kokun village, China.
9/29/1977India and Bangladesh signed settlement for distributing Ganga river water.
1/1/1956No. 20 Squadron, Indian Air Force's first jet squadron equipped with Vampires, was formed and christened 'The Lightnings'.
6/17/1993K. D. Dharmadhikari (Nana), veteran freedom fighter, died.