30 JAN HISTORY EVENTS
Today in Indian History Events for January 30
30-January-1528Rana Sanga of Mewar, who had built up an extensive and powerful kingdom over the central and western regions of Northern India, passed away. Mughal Emperor Babur captured Chanderi Fort from Medini Rai, Rana Sangram Singh one of the Lieutenants. (29 or 30).
30-January-1785Sir Charles Metkaff, governor general of East India Company, was born.
30-January-1882Franklin Delano Roosevelt, great leader and social reformer, was born at Hyde Park, New York.
30-January-1903Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta.
30-January-1905Pitamber Das, social reformer and politician, was born at Mowana, U.P.
30-January-1908Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise.
30-January-1911Gajananrao Joshi, famous violin player and singer of ""Gwalior Gharana"", was b
30-January-1947Gandhiji leaves Patna for Delhi. Mountbatten, new Viceroy, arrives in Delhi.
30-January-1948Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting.
30-January-1949Night Airmail Services was inaugurated.
30-January-1959Uranium Metal Project started producing Uranium at Trombay, Mumbai.
30-January-1968Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer and President of All India, passed away.
30-January-1971Indian Airline's Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore.
30-January-1988Sheshrao Wankhede, barrister, passed away.
30-January-1991Union Government dismisses Karunanidhi government. President's rule imposed in Tamil Nadu.
30-January-1993Congress (I) MLA in Andhra Pradesh P. Balaraju and eight officials kidnapped by the outlawed People's War Group in Visakhapatnam district.
30-January-1993Dr. Syvatoslav Roerich, 89, renowned painter and husband of film actress Devika Rani, passed away.
30-January-1994Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wickets.
30-January-1996The new (reconstituted) Scientific Advisory Board of the ICMR met on January 30-31, 1996.
30-January-1996Maharashtra govt. decides to make school education free up to 10th standard.
30-January-1996Mob ransacks Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Bangalore.
30-January-1996Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe.
30-January-1997Fifth Pay Commission submits proposals; minimum salary Rs. 2440 pm and maximum 26,000. Cabinet Secretary 30,000; six-day week; retirement at 60, etc. proposed.
30-January-1997Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam.
30-January-1999Paes-Bhupathi stumbled in the doubles final losing to Patrick Rafter-Jonas Bjorkman in the Australian Open Tennis tournament.
30-January-1999Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, and the noted freedom fighter from Assam, late Gopinath Bordoloi, are chosen for Bharat Ratna.
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