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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
7/1/1999The Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP) of Shankersinh Waghela merges with Congress(I).
12/28/1926Shirish Kumar, freedom figher, was born.
3/16/1977Sixth General Election of India begins.
3/16/1977Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan) in the battle of Machiwara.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
8/17/1997I K Gujral, Prime Minister, said that Queen Elizabeth should not go to Amritsar, scene of Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, during her visit to India in October.
4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
8/30/1994The ruling CPC-led Left Front captures large majority of gram panchayat seats in Tripura civic polls.
5/1/1972All fuel coal mines were nationalised.
9/21/1962Major General I. J. Rikhye completed the task in accordance with the memorandum to UNSF, thus fulfilling the mandate of cessation of hostilities without any incident.