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Historical Event on 9/30/1997

24th Stock Exchange of India set up at Trivandrum.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1964Unit Trust of India' established.
3/12/1969Reactor Research Centre established at Kalpakkam. On 18th December 1985, it was renamed as Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research.
4/1/1878Calcutta Museum was opened for general public.
2/16/1927Rail service started between India and Nepal.
11/1/1966Haryana state was created from Punjab, and Chandigarh was declared as the Union Territory and capital of both Punjab and Haryana.
10/10/1990Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60.
5/17/1996Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away.
10/3/1880Sakuntal Sangeet held in Anandodbhav Auditorium in Pune. Annasaheb Kirloskar presented the first musical play in Marathi.
7/24/1997Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
10/19/1905Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London.