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Historical Event on 10/30/1996
Pop star Michael Jackson arrives in Bombay.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/6/1996 | SC asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to I.T. department. |
10/5/1868 | Laxmi Narayan Barua, Assamia novelist, was born. |
6/25/2000 | The Government agrees to the bifurcation of the Telecom Ministry. |
6/25/2000 | Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398. |
5/1/1926 | Jim Corbett killed the notorious man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag at Gulabrai village, who had attacked and killed about 125 people. |
7/9/1873 | Henry Albert John Gidney, greatest leader and politician, was born in Igatpuri, Maharashtra. |
7/25/1982 | Gyani Zail Singh became 7th President of India. He held the office till July 25, 1987. |
1/9/1998 | Three RJD ministers in the Gujral Cabinet - Mr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Capt. Jai Narayan Nishad and Mrs. Kanti Singh - resign. |
7/5/1999 | Two buses, which were inaugurated from Dhaka, arrive in Calcutta. |
1/31/1983 | The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah. |
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