Year 1530
Humayun, son of Mughal emperor Babur, succeeded him.
DECEMBER 29
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29 December: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 29 December.
Year 1778
British forces captured the US state of Georgia.
Year 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.
Year 1890
Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
Year 1909
Congress at Lahore adopts resolution praising Indians' struggle in South Africa and urged ban on indenture.
Year 1911
Mongolia became independent from the rule of the Qing dynasty.
Year 1922
The Netherlands adopted the constitution.
Year 1930
Sir Muhammad Iqbal introduced the two-nation theory and the vision for the creation of Pakistan.
Year 1953
The States Reorganisation Commission.
Year 1957
8,000 ton cruiser INS Mysore commissioned.
Year 1959
Nobel laureate Richard Feynman delivered the famous speech “There is plenty of room at the bottom” at CALTECH. This is considered to be the beginning of nanotechnology.
Year 1959
Durgapur Iron Plant inaugurated.
Year 1965
First Indian-made tank 'Vijayanta' rolled off the Avadi Heavy Vehicles factory.
Year 1972
Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.
Year 1975
D.K. Barooah elected Congress President.
Year 1975
The law on equal rights for women and men came into force in Britain.
Year 1977
World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay.
Year 1977
The world’s largest open-air theatre drive opened in Bombay (now Mumbai).
Year 1983
Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies.
Year 1984
Rajiv Gandhi claims for Indian Prime Minister post after his landslide majority in 8th General Elections.
Year 1985
Sri Lanka granted citizenship to 43,000 Indians.
Year 1989
Prasar Bharati Bill and Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.
Year 1996
Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested.
Year 1997
Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics.
Born 1800
Charles Goodyear, an American self-taught chemist, and manufacturing engineer.
Born 1808
Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States.
Born 1809
William Ewart Gladstone, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Born 1844
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, an Indian barrister. He was the co-founder and first president of the Indian National Congress.
Born 1904
Kuvempu, an Indian novelist, poet, playwright, and critic.
Born 1917
Ramanand Sagar, an Indian film director.
Born 1942
Rajesh Khanna, an Indian actor, film producer, and politician.
Born 1949
Syed Kirmani, an Indian cricketer.
Born 1960
David Boon, an Australian cricket match umpire, former cricket commentator and international cricketer.
Born 1973
Twinkle Khanna, an Indian author, newspaper columnist, interior designer, film producer, and a former film actress.
Died 1927
Hakim Ajmal Khan, freedom fighter, litterateur and a true patriot, died.
Died 1938
Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, an Indian Hindi writer and editor.
Died 1967
Pt. Omkarnath Thakur, an Indian music teacher, musicologist and Hindustani classical singer.
Died 1968
Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrathi playwright, story writer and novelist, died.
Died 1971
Dadasaheb Gaikwad, an Indian politician and social worker from Maharashtra.
Died 1986
Harold Macmillan, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Died 2012
Anthony William Greig, an England Test cricket captain turned commentator.
Died 2013
Jagadish Mohanty, a renowned Indian-Odia writer.
Died 2014
Hari Naroomal Harilela, a Hong Kong Indian businessman, hotelier, and philanthropist.
Died 2015
General Om Prakash Malhotra, the 13th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army