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Historical Event on 1/29/1996

S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/31/1947Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection.
4/4/1926Martial law is declared in Calcutta as rioting continues.
6/1/1997New postal rates effective; post card-25 p, inland letter-Re.1, envelope-Rs.2 and Registration-Rs.10.
7/27/1887Sardar Davar Tehmuras Kavasji, social worker and lawyer, was born.
3/27/1989Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy.
1/28/1998All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty.
1/10/199324th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi.
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.
2/8/1936Manohar Shankar Hardikar, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests India vs West Indies in 1958-59), was born in Baroda.
9/22/1988PM announces Government's decision to drop Defamation Bill.