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Historical Event on 12/29/1844

W.C. Bonerjee, first President of the Indian National Congress, was born in Kidderpore, Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1980President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government.
7/1/1992Major changes in Exim policy-farming and repacking included under the definition of 'manufacturer'.
9/17/1899First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa.
9/17/1899Royal Charter forms the East India Company, setting in motion a process that ultimately results in the subjugation of India under British rule.
11/19/19971996 Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development presented to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a non-government organisation, providing medical aid to the needy across the globe, by President K. R. Narayanan on the 80th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi.
12/13/2000The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate.
12/13/2000Saint Francis Xavier, Jesuit priest, Spanish missionary teaching in India and Japan, was born in the Spanish kingdom of Navarre.
1/25/1950The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.
6/5/1993Unlawful Activities (prevention) Tribunal headed by Justice P N Nagi upholds the ban on Islamic Sevak Sangh.
7/1/1862Calcutta High Court was established for West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. This Court has a Circuit Bench at Port Blair.