29 December - Day in History of India and Importance - Birthdays of Famous Indians

1953
States Reorganization Commission came into existence

1965
First Indian made tank rolled off Avadi

1972
Construction work of Calcutta Metro started

1997
Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics

2011
Russian court rejected the petition to ban Gita
http://www.rediff.com/news/report/indias-stand-on-bhagwad-gita-vindicated-says-centre/20111229.htm

The first indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) being built at Cochin Shipyard Limited was floated out in a low key event. According to the present estimates the carrier will be delivered in 2018
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/launch-of-navys-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-by-2013-antony/991653
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/indian-aircraft-carrier-more-costly-already-delayed-294997

http://www.rediff.com/issues/291211hl.html

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/calendar/29-12-2011/online.html

2012
Bharat Parikram Yatra in Nagothane
http://www.gloriousindia.com/unleashed/place.php?id=154631

Birthdays

Rajesh Khanna - One time superstar of Hindi films,
Twinkle Khanna - Hindi film actor,
Ramanand Sagar,
W.C. Bonnerjee (1844),
Syed Kirmani (1949)


http://www.indianage.com/1229.html

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