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Historical Event on 12/29/1885
A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/8/1947 | Junagadh accedes to India. Addresses A.I.C.C. |
| 8/3/1930 | Vyanktesh Bapuji Ketkar, famous astrologist and researcher, died. |
| 5/27/1962 | Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri, cricketer (Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92), was born in Bombay. |
| 6/6/1996 | Benazir Bhutto,Pakistan PM, gives green signal for opening up trade with India. |
| 6/6/1996 | Babur Shah, Mughal Emperior, defeated Afghan Nawab Nasrat Shah, king of Bengal, on the banks of the Gand and the Ghaghra river. |
| 6/6/1996 | Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan was born. |
| 5/24/1956 | Gautam Buddha's 2500th birth anniversary was celebrated. |
| 9/11/1985 | Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India. |
| 11/30/1974 | India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban. |
| 1/18/1913 | Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year. |
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