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Historical Event on 10/30/1999

G.V.G. Krishnamurthy, former Election Commissioner, seeks enhanced security in the wake of threats to his life.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1858J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands.
5/22/1953Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Darjeeling and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand were the first to conquer the Mount Everest (World).
3/15/1998Mr. Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. The number of MPs supporting the formation of a government by the BJP stands at 264 in a house of 539, just short of the working majority of 270. However, the President sees the figure as crossing the half-way mark as the Telugu Desam decides to remain neutral. Earlier, the Congress(I) conveys to the President its decision not to stake claim to form a government.
5/27/1952United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader.
2/20/1997RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks.
12/11/1780Goddard General, Bassein fort was captured near Bombay.
7/1/1992Truck operators begin nation-wide strike to press for the abolition of toll tax and octroi.
1/4/1906Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
6/19/1947Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay.
3/22/1902Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.