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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.
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| 4/1/1954 | French settlements in India pass under Indian control. |
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| 7/18/1987 | Arun Singh, union minister of state for defence, resigns from the cabinet. |
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