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Historical Event on 7/30/1991

Sabi Fernandes, senior photographer of Indian Express Newspaper Group, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/3/1984Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7.
4/3/1984Babur won the first Panipat battle and entered in North India's capital Agra.
10/19/1929Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born.
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
3/15/1908Police shoot four people in rioting.
2/24/1946Mrs. Kashibai and Mrs. Babbai Lakshman, freedom fighters, were shot dead by the police.
12/21/1881Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Rajim, M.P.
12/20/1929The Indian State Air Service, an extension of Imperial Airways' routes, opens its inaugural service from Karachi to Delhi.
1/24/1995Congress (I) suspends Arjun Singh from the party.
7/20/1991Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical wonder"".