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Historical Event on 7/30/1960
Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, great freedom fighter, leader and 'Lion of Karnataka', 0died. He was a loyal Congress leader.
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| 10/17/1979 | Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
| 3/17/1959 | Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet. |
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| 2/8/1994 | Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away. |
| 3/27/1992 | India signs Friendship Treaty with Ukraine. |
| 4/24/1994 | S. L. Kirloskar, 91, industrial magnate, passed away in Pune. |
| 12/23/1954 | Tito, Nehru reject plan for neutral third bloc, yet insist on peaceful co-existence. |
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