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Historical Event on 1/29/1983
Piloo Mody, veteran Parliament member and senior leader of Janata Party, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/25/1958 | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, inaugurated. |
| 6/30/1930 | George Fernandes, worker's leader and politician, was born. |
| 8/20/1991 | India's Ambassador to Romania J.F.Ribeiro shot by Sikh extremists in Bucharest. |
| 5/1/1947 | Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle. |
| 2/17/1994 | Gopikrishna, internationaly famed 'Kathtak' exponent, died at the age of 61 years. |
| 5/27/1998 | Minoo Masani, 92, co-founder of the Swatantra Party, passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness. |
| 5/2/1922 | Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 5/1/1946 | Joanna Lumley, actress (Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service), was born in Kashmir, India. |
| 10/15/1997 | Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things' |
| 7/5/1901 | B. N. Sircar, producer and founder of International Film Craft and New Theaters Ltd., Calcutta was born at Bhagalpur. His films are Boker Bojha, Chorekanta, Chasar Meye (1931). |
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