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Historical Event on 8/30/1645
Indians and Dutch sign the peace treaty.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/20/1964 | P. T. Usha, famous sprinter, was born. |
| 4/1/1918 | Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain. |
| 5/13/1991 | P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail. |
| 9/11/1967 | China and India exchange artillery fire on Sikkim-Tibet border. |
| 7/14/1998 | India is elected chairperson of the World Intellectual Property Organisation's standing panel on information technology in relation to Intellectual Property Rights. |
| 12/17/1905 | Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 10/20/1962 | China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level. |
| 6/18/1988 | V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election. |
| 7/6/2000 | Mohan Lal bags Best Actor Award for his sensitive portrayal of a Kathakali artist in ''Vaanasprastham'' and the film wins the Best Feature Film and Best Editing Awards at the 47th National Film Festival-2000. |
| 6/18/1974 | Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died. |
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