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Historical Event on 3/30/1990

Constitution (64th) Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab collapses in Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/24/1873Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'.
7/6/1901Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician and leader, was born at Calcutta. He was the founder of the ""Bharatiya Jana Sangh"", of which BJP is the successor party. His father Sir Asutosh was widely known in Bengal.
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
5/11/1987President's rule imposed in Punjab.
10/5/1990Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died.
10/26/1950Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.
1/15/1966The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal. Its composition in the autumn of 1968 included 23 fighter category squadrons, three tactical bomber squadrons, a maritime patrol squadron (with ex-Air India L. 1049G Super Constellations), 11 transport squadrons, four AOP squadrons, a number of helicopter units and a few SAM squadrons.
8/21/2000Mahatma Gandhi's daughter-in-law Mrs. Nirmala Gandhi dies in Wardha. She was 91.
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.
1/14/1882Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born.