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Historical Event on 4/30/1988

Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
8/12/1946Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government.
12/11/1999Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.
2/14/1807Khanderao Holkar, one of the sardars in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
3/14/1999Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta.
7/29/1984Troops were sent to Hyderabad to quell communal riots.
3/5/1918Shriranga Vasudev Sohoni also known as ""Ranga Sohoni"", Indian cricketer (pace bowler of late 40's avg 101), was born in Nimbora, Maharashtra.
4/19/1993Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle.
3/7/1987Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad.
10/17/1932Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, was captured by the British army.