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Historical Event on 3/30/1989

Waman Ganpat Behre `Sobat', editor of weekly, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/24/2000Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.
10/11/1991Meghalaya placed under President's rule.
3/24/1992Congress (I) strength goes up by six seats in the Rajya Sabha on account of biennial polls.
5/10/198559 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks.
9/5/1872V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freeom fighter, social reformer, prolific writer, politician and leader, was born at Ottapidaram village in Tamil Nadu.
10/10/1937Anant Bhave, famous Marathi litterateur and news announcer on Doordarshan, was born.
1/26/1950Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath.
5/25/1894Biharilal Chakravorty, bengali poet, passed away.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
1/14/1964Bapu Nadkarni bowled 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row.