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Historical Event on 1/30/1996

Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/198966 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued.
1/9/1995Manipur Assembly removes Dr.H. Borobabu (Speaker) and suspends his membership until state election.
1/3/1987Dr. Harekrishna Mehtab, former Chief Minister of Orrisa and Governer of Mumbai State, died.
2/17/1931Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"".
4/18/1612Marriage of Shahjahan and Mumtaj Mahal.
2/7/1864P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born.
9/29/1971Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people.
10/28/1981Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.
9/4/1927World fliers reach Karachi, India.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.