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Historical Event on 4/30/1999
Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/29/1880 | Madhav Shrihari Ane, greatest Freedom fighter, was born. |
| 1/27/1924 | Sabu [Dastagir], actor (Elephant Boy, Drum), was born in India. |
| 2/25/1995 | Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed. |
| 7/21/1883 | Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta. |
| 2/14/1628 | 5th Mughal Emperor Shahjahan was crowned. |
| 8/8/1936 | Corbett National Park was established. It was the first country in the country. |
| 10/21/1950 | China invades Tibet. |
| 9/20/1878 | Hindu"", an English weekly in Madras with G. S. Aiyer as its Editor, was first published with only 80 copies. |
| 8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
| 10/31/1997 | Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah. |
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