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Historical Event on 9/30/1996

Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/23/1927Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station.
7/5/1984Indian Airlines airbus hijacked, lands in Lahore.
12/10/1902Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria.
12/25/1876Mohamad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was born.
10/24/1827Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born
1/23/1992India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner.
12/28/1883Under the leadership of Surendra Nath Banerji, the political group of Bengal organised National Conference as ""Bharat Sabha"".
8/5/2000Lala Amarnath (88), former Indian cricketer, died in New Delhi.
12/12/1955The President promulgated an ordinance providing the usage of Hindi with English for official purposes of Indian Union. B.G. Kher Commission (under article 344(I) of the Constitution) constituted. Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs.
10/2/1910Frank C. Brown, educationist and social worker, was born.