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Historical Event on 1/30/1968

Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer and President of All India, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
6/19/199013 Sri Lankan Tamils, including EPRLF Secretary General Padmanabha, were shot dead in Madras reportedly by LTTE men.
7/18/1993Girilal Jain, 71, The Times of India editor, died.
2/26/1972President Varahgiri Venkat Giri inaugurated the Vikram Earth Satellite Station at Wardha near Arvi.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
3/21/1993The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.
4/12/1801Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab.
6/26/1955Poland and India affirm Panchsheel.
7/24/1997Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
10/9/199627-member ministry of National Conference headed by its president Dr. Farooq Abdullah sworn-in in J&K.