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Historical Event on 10/30/1947

The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1879Ganesh Damodar (Babarao) Savarkar, revolutionary, was born.
2/23/1998Ramdeo Singh, freedom fighter, is shot dead at Salaunchak village in Bihar.
8/20/1988Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
9/4/1996Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC).
5/1/1947Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle.
7/23/1991Premdatt Paliwal, president of All India Forward Block, died.
11/19/1838Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj.
5/8/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998.
3/30/1994G-15 summit in New Delhi decides to set up a trade panel.
7/23/1996R. Bhattacharji was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He is heading this office till date.