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Historical Event on 8/30/1991

Dr. P. J. Devras, friend of snakes, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/13/1953Richard Nixon, the US Vice President, arrives in New Delhi.
9/3/1987Vishwanathan Anand, 17, becomes India's first and the world's youngest Grandmaster.
10/25/1999Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament.
10/1/1867Dr. Hiralal, a distinguised historian, was born in Katni near Jabalpur. He compiled a descriptive catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Central Provinces and was an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India. He was also titled as "Rai Bahadur
4/11/1930Pandit Motilal Nehru renamed 'Anand Bhuvan' as 'Swaraj Bhawan' and handed it over to the people.
8/17/1911Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.
9/17/1879E.V. Ramaswami Naicker, prominent leader of Dravid movement and social reformer, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu.
2/24/1950G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, was born.
6/11/1999India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men.
4/18/1917Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act.