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Historical Event on 1/29/1999
Alok Kumar of Punjab defeated Devendra Joshi of Maharashtra at the IIT complex at New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/21/1961 | Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef |
| 4/24/1888 | Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, was born at Hajo. |
| 4/15/1976 | India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years. |
| 5/24/1990 | Surjit Singh Barnala sworn in as Governor of Tamil Nadu. |
| 2/24/1996 | S. Korean President Kim Young Sam visits India. |
| 7/31/1912 | Allan Octavian, great social reformer, patriot, lawyer, journalist and politician, passed away at the age of 84. |
| 11/16/1997 | Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender. |
| 4/17/1904 | Naoomal Jeoomal Makhija, cricketer, pioneer Indian Test opening batsman, Right Arm Bowler and played 3 matches, was born at Karachi. |
| 4/13/1772 | Warren Hastings, who became the president of their Bengal Council, was appointed in the court of Directors of the East India Company. |
| 6/3/1912 | Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, great industrialist, was born. |
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