Historical Events on January 29.

1.   1528, 29th Jan: Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire, defeated the Rana Sanga, the king of Mewar, and captured the fort of Chanderi.

2.  1780, 29th Jan: Publication of the country’s first newspaper ‘Hikki Gazette’ or ‘Bengal Gazette’ or ‘Calcutta General Advertiser’ from Calcutta began. The editor of this English-language newspaper was James Augustus Hickey.

3.  1861, 29th Jan: Kansas became the 34th state of the United States.

4.  1886, 29th Jan: Carl Benz patented the world’s first motor vehicle.

5.  1916, 29th Jan: Germany invades France for the first time in World War I.

6.  1939, 29th Jan: Ramakrishna Mission Culture Institute was established.

7.  1979, 29th Jan: India’s first jumbo train (two-engined), Tamil Nadu Express, began from New Delhi station for Madras (now Chennai).

8.  1994, 29th Jan: The government of India repealed the Air Corporation Act 1953.

9.  2006, 29th Jan: India’s fast bowler Irfan Pathan became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the first over in Test cricket.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on January 29.

1.   1737: Thomas Paine, an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. 

2.  1860: Anton Chekhov, a Russian playwright, and short-story writer.

3.  1843: William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States.

4.  1866: Romain Rolland, a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian, mystic, and Nobel laureate. 

5.  1912: A. N. Ray, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India.

6.  1922: Rajendra Singh, the fourth Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). 

7.  1926: Mohammad Abdus Salam, a Pakistani theoretical physicist.

8.  1954: Oprah Winfrey, an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist.

9.  1962: Gauri Lankesh, an Indian journalist-turned-activist from Bangalore, Karnataka. 

10.  1970: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, an Indian politician, Olympic medallist, and retired Indian Army officer.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on January 29.

1.   1820: George III, the King of Great Britain and King of Ireland.

2.  1934: Fritz Haber, a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

3.  1963: Robert Frost, an American poet.

4.  1974: H. E. Bates, an English writer, and author.

5.  1993: Gopalkrishna Laxman Chandratreya, Indian mathematician.

6.  1995: Roopesh Kumar, a character actor in Bollywood films.

7.  2012: Ranjit Singh Dyal, Indian general and politician. 

8.  2019: George Fernandes, Indian politician.