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Historical Event on 6/30/1995

CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1987The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC).
9/18/1972Government of India announces increase of minimum bonus to workers from 4\% to 8.33\%.
1/21/1961Queen of Britain, Elizabeth II, and her husband Duke of Edinburgh visited New Delhi.
6/11/2000Assailants gun down 12 upper caste persons, including eight of a family in Bihar's Nawada district.
2/28/1930Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates.
1/20/1972Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory.
8/6/1996SC asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to I.T. department.
12/15/1980Hema Chengkalath, female Soccer(Football) player, was born in Calgary, Canada.
7/31/1933Gandhiji was arrested from Sabarmati Ashram and imprisoned without trial.
6/4/1997Special Judge Ajit Bharihoke discharges former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao and former Union Minister Prof. K. K. Tewary in St. Kitts forgery case for lack of sufficient evidence.