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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
9/28/1929Lata Mangeshkar, great playback singer, was born.
8/4/2000Justice Brij Mohan Lal was sworn in chairman of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission.
3/31/1930Shyamji Krishna Varma, freedom fighter, nationalist and patriot, passed away in Geneva.
2/13/1994Dr. Krishnaprasad Mishra, 'Sahitya Academy Award' winner, Oria novelist and short story writer, passed away.
11/16/1883Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and journalist, was born at Varanasi.
4/1/1889Hindu', English language newspaper changed its perodicity from weekly (20/09/1888) to daily.
2/10/1995PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister.
2/10/1995Chittorgarh Fort was captured by Mughal Emperor Akbar which was circled from outside since 20th October 1567. This victory was achieved with the help of Jaimal and Patta.
2/1/1930A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London.
1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.