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Historical Event on 4/30/1996

Re-polling in 445 stations in six states.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/10/1917Ramanand Maru Amin, great novelist, was born in Baloor, Mangalore.
3/28/1986Extremist Sikhs kill 13 Hindus in Ludhiana, India.
11/24/1899Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first chief minister of Rajasthan state, was born at Jobner, Jaipur District.
10/2/1951Dr. Shyamprasad Mukharjee established Bhartiya JanSangh Party.
3/25/1998Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, and Railway Minister Nitish Kumar present the interim budgets for 1998- 99.
8/5/1999Nisha Millet became the first Indian swimmer to receive the International Olympic Committee's Solidarity Scholarship, given to sportspersons with outstanding track record and possessing Olympic potential.
8/18/1957Tilak Raj was appointed the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed his office for four years till 6th September, 1961.
6/7/1965Ashutosh Kali, great revolutionary, passed away.
3/21/1791Tipu Sultan capitulated to Lord Cornwallis.
10/15/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.