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Historical Event on 10/30/1976
Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/26/1975 | Constitution (39th Amendment) Bill 1975, placing election of the President, Vice President, Prime Minister and Speaker of the Lok Sabha beyond the scrutiny of the judiciary, approved by Parliament. |
| 8/13/1997 | The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it. |
| 3/3/1939 | Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention. |
| 12/3/1971 | Indo-Pakistan war begins. On the same day National Emergency was declared by the President of India due to war between both the countries. |
| 6/24/1974 | India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins. |
| 7/20/1990 | Tamil Nadu Bandh organised by Tamil Nadu Government to protest against the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka passes off peacefully. |
| 9/4/1962 | Kiran Shankar More, great Indian wicket-keeper in 49 Tests 1986-93, was born in Baroda. |
| 3/31/1843 | Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first musical playwright of Marathi, was born. |
| 2/3/1986 | Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta. |
| 9/26/1977 | Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances. |
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