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Historical Event on 1/29/1997

Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/10/1995ONGC's oil rig that blew out ( January 8 ) at Pasalapudi site near Amalapuram (Andhra Pradesh) put out after 62 days.
3/6/1971Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.
3/3/1943Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days.
6/18/1896Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras.
2/10/1986Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.
8/15/1965Television starts in New Delhi.
5/23/19961995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore.
3/4/1990V. P. Singh resigns as party president, but asked to continue.
1/8/1981India all out for 63 runs in one-day international vs Australia.
11/13/1992Dr. Pundalik Dattatrya Gaitonde, Goa freedom fighter, passed away.