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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.

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9/18/1909Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born.
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9/5/1987Sultan Mehmood completely destroyed the Temple of Somnath.
8/19/1927Ananta Narsinha Naik, social reformer and politician, was born at Bandora, Goa.
10/20/1947First battle between India and Pakistan.
5/24/1990K. S. Hegde, former President of Parliament, passed away.
10/25/1989P. Baiju, Anand Shetty, Arjun Deviah, Ananda Natarajan set a record for India at the 4x100m relay meet in 40.14s at Islamabad.
10/3/1913Sudangsu Abinash Banerjee, 'Montu', cricketer, (5 wickets, 1 test vs West Indies) was born in Calcutta.
7/25/1970Pillai A. Thanu, former Chief Minister of Kerala, passed away.