Saturday, December 29, 2012

Today in India History (29th December)



December 29, 1844

  • Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee or Umesh Chandra Banerjee, the first president of Indian National Congress in 1885, is born in Calcutta. He was also the first Indian to fight the election to British Parliament.

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