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Historical Event on 7/30/1920

Rikhye Maj-Gen Indar Jit, Educationist and Former Army Officer, was born at Lahore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/17/1965Motilal, famous actor, died.
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.
8/14/1968Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.
5/4/1989Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, passed away.
1/1/1989The 4th annual SAARC summit concludes in Islamabad.
4/15/1956A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels.
2/28/1930Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates.
6/12/1996India's new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha and will rule as head of the United Front Coalition.
11/3/1998The first geo-scientific data centre of the country is inaugurated at the Geological Survey of India.
4/24/1929First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off.