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Historical Event on 12/30/1974

Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.
2/4/1948Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur.
12/11/1926Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding
2/1/1968United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi.
7/29/1997India to revive 'Agni' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile programme.
12/8/1911Gaandhiji invites Gokhale to South Africa.
1/29/1983Indira Gandhi names 12 new ministers as Cabinet resigns.
3/23/1947Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
2/23/1993Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award.