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Historical Event on 12/30/1974
Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/20/1951 | Madanlal Udhouram Sharma, cricketer (Indian medium pacer in the 70's), was born in Amritsar. |
1/1/1995 | Raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi. |
3/10/1959 | Mukundrao Ramarao Jaikar, great freedom fighter and famous lawyer, passed away. |
10/29/1996 | Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote. |
4/20/1887 | Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born. |
3/21/1997 | Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura. |
11/14/1969 | Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated in New Delhi. |
12/31/1861 | Cherrapunji in Assam received rainfall of 22,990 mm in 1861. This was a world record in itself as no other country or place had received rains to such an extent. |
5/24/1999 | Noted wrestling coach Dronacharya awardee Guru Hanuman passed away in a road accident near Meerut. |
2/20/1947 | British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India. |
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