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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
3/20/1951Madanlal Udhouram Sharma, cricketer (Indian medium pacer in the 70's), was born in Amritsar.
1/1/1995Raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi.
3/10/1959Mukundrao Ramarao Jaikar, great freedom fighter and famous lawyer, passed away.
10/29/1996Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote.
4/20/1887Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born.
3/21/1997Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura.
11/14/1969Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated in New Delhi.
12/31/1861Cherrapunji 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.
5/24/1999Noted wrestling coach Dronacharya awardee Guru Hanuman passed away in a road accident near Meerut.
2/20/1947British 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.