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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
8/17/1761William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.
8/2/1987Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title.
6/5/1989Missile `Trishul' tested successfully.
3/17/1910Smt. Anutai Wagh, great social worker, passed away.
10/28/1992Karnataka government withdraws order allowing nine private organisations to start capitation fee for engineering colleges.
12/23/1972Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India v England at Delhi.
9/30/1999Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature.
8/8/1990Naval Godrej, famous Industrialist, died.
4/30/1947The entire nation is stirred by religious strife.
6/6/1997Five killed and 17 injured in a bus explosion in Gurdaspur district of Punjab.