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Historical Event on 12/29/1984

Rajiv Gandhi claims for Indian Prime Minister post after his landslide majority in 8th General Elections.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/7/1985Uday Merchant, cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), passed away.
5/22/1989IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa.
8/23/1994Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan possessed a nuclear bomb and warned that an attack by India could start a nuclear war in Pakistan.
8/23/1994Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.
9/14/1965Pakistan Air Force bombs Calcutta and Agartala civilian airports.
4/14/1991NF promises 5-10\% jobs to economically backward sections among the upper castes.
1/17/1941Subhashchandra Bose went underground at Calcutta. He appeared in Moscow after sone days.
7/8/1996Tamil Nadu Govt. moves SC for fresh directions to Karnataka govt. for release of 15 tmc. ft. of water.
1/18/1942Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies.
10/31/1990Hindus flee Muslim prorsecution in Kashmir Valley.