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Historical Event on 01/29/1597

Maharana Pratap Singh of Udaipur, great freedom fighter, soldier and revolutionary, passed away. His son Amar Singh succeeded him.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/22/2000Three Army jawans die in an attack by a suicide squad of Lakshar-e-Taiba at the Red Fort in Delhi leading to a 45-minute gun-battle.
1/1/1897Girja Dayal Girish, great poet and writer, was born at Saraiyan Mahipat Singh, U.P.
5/21/1966General Election (11th) of India ends.
2/4/1953Indo-Pak talk on Kashmir opened under Dr. Graham in Geneva.
2/24/2000The Subrahmanyam Committee report tabled in the Lok Sabha. The panel concluded that the Pakistan intrusion in Kargil took the Indian security establishment by surprise.
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.
6/7/1984Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
11/6/1951Judge M. Patanjali Sastri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 03/01/1954.
2/1/1785Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.
12/1/1921Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader, social reformer and freedom fighter was arrested by the British police for six months and sent to jail.