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Historical Event on 4/30/1988
Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/27/1995 | Andhra Pradesh Governor asks N T Rama Rao to prove his majority on 31st following a split in the Telugu Desam party. |
| 8/23/1872 | Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, leader, social reformer and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, was born at Kanuparthi village in Ongole district in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 3/14/1994 | Narsinha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in London for a 4-day official visit. |
| 6/23/1911 | King George V was today crowned ""King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India,"" at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony evoking the continuity and tradition of the British monarchy magnificent spectacle. Thousands of spectators crowded the streets for hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal procession. Partition of Bengal notified to create the Presidency of Bengal. The Imperial capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi. |
| 8/10/2000 | Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricket captain, retires from international cricket. |
| 5/23/1984 | Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat. |
| 9/30/1916 | Jagan Nath Bhardwaj, social worker and trade unionist, was born at Chartgarh, H.P. |
| 6/20/1972 | Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay. |
| 8/11/2000 | Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away. |
| 8/18/1945 | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left Saigon and is believed to have died in a Japanese aeroplane crash at Taihoku Airport in Taiwan. |
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