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Historical Event on 4/30/1988

Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1796Bajirao became the second Peshwa.
1/9/1998Three RJD ministers in the Gujral Cabinet - Mr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Capt. Jai Narayan Nishad and Mrs. Kanti Singh - resign.
3/22/1793Lord Cornwallis promulgated permanent settlement in Bengal and Bihar to fix the revenue amounts once and for all to be paid by the zamindars every year.
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
2/1/1835East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.
1/24/1997Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary.
10/23/1934Gandhi resigns as leader of the All India Congress.
10/29/1997P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000.
7/14/1997India finishes third in Asian women's weightlifting.
10/18/1919W. A. Sangma, leader of Meghalaya, was born.