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Historical Event on 11/30/1986
Sikhs hijack bus, killing 24 at Punjab.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/19/1925 | B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born. |
| 1/8/1884 | Keshav Chunder Sen, nationalist leader of Bengal, social worker and good orator of Brahma Samaj, passed away at his home in Lily Cottage, Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in our country. He strongly believed that education was the basic necessity to change the society. |
| 1/17/1997 | Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs. |
| 7/9/1969 | India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus). |
| 8/20/1993 | Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria. |
| 1/14/1991 | Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away. |
| 10/16/1788 | Maratha's crowned Shahaalam as king of Delhi. |
| 9/20/1998 | India lost the fifth and final match of the Sahara Cup by five wickets. Pakistan won the series 4-1 at Toronto. |
| 12/25/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, launches a Rs.60,000 crore ''Gram Sadak Yojana'' for linking all villages and the ""Antyodaya Anna Scheme'' for providing cheap foodgrains under the TPDS. |
| 4/5/1614 | Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. |
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