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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
7/30/1995Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council.
9/9/1896Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad', freedom fighter, social worker and Padamshree awardee, was born in Narwal village near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
3/16/1946India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'.
2/25/1977Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun.
10/13/1877Bhulabhai Desai, politician, was born.
4/30/1981C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985.
6/6/1867Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born at Sialkot.
10/1/1997Gul Mohammed (36), world's shortest man, died in New Delhi. Standing 56.16 cm tall, Mohammed entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992.
4/16/1958Raghuram Adwai Bhat, great Indian left-arm spinner 1983-84, was born at Mangalore.
1/1/1989Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away.