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Historical Event on 6/30/1979
R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980.
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| 3/1/1968 | Salil Ashok Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989), was born in Solapur. |
| 11/23/1926 | Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian plant physiologist and physicist, passed away. He investigated the properties of very short radio waves, wireless telegraphy and radiation-induced fatigue in inorganic materials. His physiological work involved comparative measurements of the responses of plants exposed to stress. His invention of highly sensitive instruments for the detection of minute responses by living organisms to external stimuli enabled him to anticipate the parallelism between animal and plant tissues noted by later bio-physicists.รก |
| 5/31/1891 | Buddhagaya Mahabodhi Society, an organization to encourage Buddhist studies in India and abroad, was established by a Buddhist monk Anagarika Dharmapala. |
| 11/19/1975 | Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born. |
| 6/23/1935 | Ram Kolarkar, famous marathi author and editor, was born. |
| 1/19/2000 | M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai. |
| 8/2/1980 | Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died. |
| 12/16/1960 | Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away. |
| 7/3/1661 | Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II. |
| 8/5/1604 | John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized. |
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