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Historical Event on 4/30/1998

Anna Hazare, social worker, was awarded the CARE International humanitarian award for 1998.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
1/1/1664Shivaji marched towards Surat.
5/13/2000The Union Government gives its approval for the creation of the three new states of Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Chhattisgarh to be carved out of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
5/17/2000The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place.
5/20/1900Sumitranandan Pant was born.
4/22/1930Revolutionary Surjya Sen's many associates were killed and Surjya Sen ""Masterda"" himself went underground, on Jalalabad Hill and started extending his activities to neighbouring districts.
9/16/1929Yerramilli Janardan Rao, educationist, was born at Tanuku, (W. Godavari).
2/3/1995The Transplantation of Human Organs Act, notified after 7 months of Presidential assent, becomes enforceable.
6/9/1998Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.
1/27/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution.