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Historical Event on 1/29/1997

Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1976Maharshi Dayanand University established in Haryana.
5/5/1998Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case.
2/9/1994Supreme Court sets aside disqualification (under anti-defection law in 1991) of former Goa CM Ravi Naik.
12/21/2000Central Zone and South Zone are declared joint winners after the game ends in a tie in the final of the Deodhar Trophy one day cricket tournament in Lucknow.
4/1/2000India wins four golds in the under-14 Youth chess championship in Teheran.
1/4/1907Govind Rai, renowned Gujarati novelist and writer of 'Saraswati Chandra', passed away.
11/13/1909Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle.
10/18/1995Baby Naaz (Anuradha Bhakkar), famous child actor, died.
2/13/1993School collapses killing 21 pupils and 4 teachers.
10/5/1864Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.