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Historical Event on 1/30/1882
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, great leader and social reformer, was born at Hyde Park, New York.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/9/1964 | Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting. |
| 7/2/1961 | Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex. |
| 1/3/1917 | Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born. |
| 10/14/1989 | Election Commission accepted Shiv Sena as a political party. |
| 10/2/1929 | Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust |
| 9/16/1954 | The Lok Sabha adopted a clause in the Special Marriage Bill providing for divorce by consent. |
| 2/21/1991 | Opposition boycotts the President's address as a protest against the dismissal of Tamil Nadu government. |
| 2/25/1962 | India Congress Party wins elections. |
| 2/12/1998 | Om Prakash, 78, Hindi film comedian, passed away in Mumbai. |
| 11/1/1999 | H. K. Dua, senior Journalist and former editor of The Indian Express and The Hindustan Times, is appointed the Press Adviser to the Prime Minister. |
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