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Historical Event on 4/30/1977
Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/6/2000 | Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1. |
| 3/31/1998 | T. N. Mishra became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 04/01/99). |
| 9/24/1994 | At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat. |
| 11/11/1998 | V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai. |
| 3/23/1940 | All India Muslim League passed resolution for the formation of Muslim homeland i.e. Pakistan. |
| 11/8/1948 | Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy. |
| 5/18/1912 | Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay. |
| 10/28/2000 | The Royal Canadian Mounted police arrest two Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), in Vancouver in connection with the downing of Air India Boeing 747 en route from Canada to London in 1985. |
| 7/23/1903 | Chandra Shekhar Azad was born Today in 1903 |
| 2/17/1907 | Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), passed away. |
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