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Historical Event on 12/29/1977

World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/27/1907Sardar Bhagat Singh, the great martyr, was born in village Banga, Lyallpur (now in Pakistsan) in a reputed Sikh freedom fighter's family.
8/3/1997Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal.
5/22/1963Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur.
11/27/2000After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year.
6/17/1824Bureau of Indian Affairs established.
2/13/1861Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks & defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians.
2/13/1861Akbar, great Mughal Emperor, won Kabul.
8/15/1990GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday.
9/24/1998In his address to the UN General Assembly, PM Vajpayee said that India wouldl not come in the way of implementing CTBT and may sign it conditionally by September 1999.
5/31/1995Statute Bill, a constitutional amendment bill, introduced in Lok Sabha to extend reservation in jobs and in promotion for SCs and STs.