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Historical Event on 4/30/1999

Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/3/1996Bomb blast kills six and seriously wounds 20. Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front claim responsibility in Delhi.
4/30/1870Dadasaheb Phalke alias Dhundiraj Gobind Phalke was born at Trymbakeshwar near Nasik, Maharashtra. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra' and founded Phalke & Co. at Bombay. He was a director, producer, writer, editor & laboratorian, portrait photographer and also a scene-painter.
2/12/194614 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war.
6/22/1993Ordinance to amend Consumer Act was issued; Government doctors and hospitals were kept out of its ambit.
3/1/1917J. F. Maden gave a preview of the first Bengali fiction film ""Satyawadi Raja Harischandra"".
3/9/1989Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India.
4/28/1992Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.
3/27/1989Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy.
2/10/1897Sannidhanam Suryanarayana Sastry, educationist and writer, was born at Chiriwada, (A.P).
8/15/1999Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says Agni-2 to be inducted in the defence arsenal.