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Historical Event on 1/29/1977

Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/02/1978.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/1909Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and internationally famed Sanskrit scholar, was born at Satara, Maharashtra.
2/15/1865Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born.
5/18/1995Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act.
1/18/1948Gandhi breaks 121-hour fast in New Delhi, after halting of Muslim-Hindu riots in Calcutta. He breaks the fast on security pledges from communal leaders who ""Peace Pledge"" to Gandhiji.
6/24/1869Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India.
9/16/1916D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
4/24/1972Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away.
11/17/1928Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore after being seriously wounded in the barbarous lathi charge of 30th October. He is referred as the ""Lion of Punjab"" or ""Punjab Kesari"" and is remembered as freedom fighter, nationalist, educationist, lawyer, thinker, writer, social reformer, orator and a passionate fighter for the revival of the ancient Indian culture and
8/7/1986Lok Sabha passes Constitution 53rd Amendment bill conferring statehood on Mizoram.
8/11/2000Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away.