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Historical Event on 1/30/1997

Fifth Pay Commission submits proposals; minimum salary Rs. 2440 pm and maximum 26,000. Cabinet Secretary 30,000; six-day week; retirement at 60, etc. proposed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/2/1922Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born.
2/14/1901King Edward VII open's his first parliament.
8/10/1927Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, first Indian astronomer, litterateur and Urdu poet, was born at Madras.
10/1/1867Dr. Hiralal, a distinguised historian, was born in Katni near Jabalpur. He compiled a descriptive catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Central Provinces and was an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India. He was also titled as "Rai Bahadur
2/27/1803Great fire in Bombay.
12/27/1977The Congress party splits into two factions, one supporting and one opposing Indira Gandhi.
4/30/1998Anna Hazare, social worker, was awarded the CARE International humanitarian award for 1998.
2/14/1985Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
9/23/1980Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial.
2/24/1674Prataprao Gujar, a great Maratha warrior at the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.