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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
7/25/1982Gyani Zail Singh became 7th President of India. He held the office till July 25, 1987.
1/25/1930Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP.
5/17/1998US President Bill Clinton wants India and Pakistan to sign CTBT.
5/24/1813Krishna Mohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist in Bengal, was born.
2/23/1993Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award.
1/22/1998Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.
5/29/1965Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time.
11/10/2000R.M. Shankara and Rashmi Kumari lift men's and women's title in the World carrom championship in New Delhi.
9/7/1998Swami Ranganathananda is elected the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Order.
3/8/1864Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912.