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Historical Event on 10/30/1909

Homi Jahangir Bhabha, famous nuclear scientist, was born in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1921Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated Kashi Vidya Peeth.
3/22/1977Ayillyath Kuttiari Goplan, freedom fighter, social reformer and Marxist leader, passed away in Trivandrum.
5/28/1978The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.
1/20/1898Krishnarao Ganeshpant Fulanbrikar (Master Krishnarao), famous singer, actor and music director, was born.
11/20/1967First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
7/14/1994Veerappan, Sandalwood smuggler, declared 'proclaimed offender'.
4/22/1991Arun Nehru and Arif Mohammed Khan expelled from Janata Dal.
4/22/1991Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
8/10/2000Parliament approves the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Bill to create a hilly state of Uttaranchal.
7/3/1975Virendrakishor Roy Chaudhary, famous music director, passed away.