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Historical Event on 3/30/1976

Shankar Puroshattam Mulgaonkar 'Raghuvir', famous painter, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1995Chandrababu Naidu assumes office as the new CM of Andhra Pradesh.
4/6/1997Gen. Kofi Annan,UN Secretary, arrives in New Delhi for NAM conference.
11/20/1907Railroad workers strike in India.
1/31/1896Dattatray Ramchandra Bendre, Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award winner and Kannad poet, was born.
11/21/1947First Stamp of Independent India was released
12/1/1998Dhian Singh (103), freedom fighter dies at Palampur, Himachal Pradesh. He was a member of the Indian National Army and was jailed a number of times during the freedom movement.
9/24/1938Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India.
11/21/1993R.F. Botha, Foreign Minister, moots a grouping of Indian Ocean countries.
11/18/1999Sonia Gandhi pleads the President on Nalini's case.
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)