Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, died in Ajmer. |
30-October-1887 |
Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born. |
30-October-1889 |
Acharya Narendra Deo, educationist, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Sitapur, U.P. |
30-October-1908 |
Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Pasumpon village, Tamil Nadu. |
30-October-1909 |
Homi Jahangir Bhabha, famous nuclear scientist, was born in Bombay. |
30-October-1924 |
Word Saving Day. |
30-October-1928 |
Madhav Vinayak Gothoskar, cricket Test umpire for 14 tests from 1972-84, was born in Mumbai. |
30-October-1933 |
Dara Nadirsha Dotiwala, cricket Test umpire for 6 tests from 1981-88, was born in Mumbai. |
30-October-1947 |
The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan. |
30-October-1947 |
The first Spitfires from the Advanced Flying School at Ambala reached Srinagar and were soon engaged in strafing the raiders beyond Pattan. Within a week, the Tempests of No. 7 Squadron were playing a decisive role in the battle of Shelatang which halted the forward momentum of the insurgents. |
30-October-1949 |
Pramond Venkatesh Devidas Mahajan was born in Mahaboobnagar (Andhra Pradesh). |
30-October-1963 |
Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, nationalist, freedom fighter and social worker, died at Madurai. |
30-October-1966 |
First meeting of the Shiv Sena at Shivaji Park. |
30-October-1976 |
Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978. |
30-October-1977 |
One hundred thousand Tamil Hindu tea-pickers, who were expatriated from Sri Lanka, are shipped to Madras, South India. |
30-October-1977 |
Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country. |
30-October-1990 |
Several people died and many injured as security forces opened fire at a crowd marching towards Ram Janmabhumi/Babari Masjid to perform 'karseva'. |
30-October-1991 |
Bansilal Ladda, veteran freedom fighter and law expert, passed away. |
30-October-1991 |
Norberto Carvalho, vetern freedom fighter of Goa freedom fight, passed away. |
30-October-1992 |
India and China decide to continue peace measures and open more points for border trade. |
30-October-1994 |
Swaran Singh, 87, former External Affairs minister, died. |
30-October-1994 |
India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership. |
30-October-1996 |
CBI chargesheets Rao and six others including Buta Singh and Capt. Satish Sharma in the Rs. 3.5 cr. JMM MPs pay-off case. |
30-October-1996 |
Former PM Narasimha Rao appears before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at the Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi, as an accused in the St. Kitts forgery case. |
30-October-1996 |
ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate. |
30-October-1996 |
Pop star Michael Jackson arrives in Bombay. |
30-October-1997 |
Kerala Kaumudi's Kannur edition and Internet edition begin. |
30-October-1999 |
G.V.G. Krishnamurthy, former Election Commissioner, seeks enhanced security in the wake of threats to his life. |
30-October-1999 |
The Central Ministerial team led by Mr. Advani is prevented from making an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wrecked by the super cyclone. |
30-October-2000 |
The 160-page CBI's report on cricket match-fixing names Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma, Manoj Prabhakar and former physiotherapist Dr. Ali Irani for their deep-rooted nexus with betting syndicates. It virtually gives a clean chit to Kapil Dev. |