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Historical Event on 9/30/1996
Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/27/1906 | China, as suzerain of Tibet, has agreed to the terms of a treaty proposed by Britain. According to the treaty, foreign powers may not send representatives to Tibet, receive transportation or mining concessions, or occupy, buy or lease any territory in Tibet without British permission. The British want to prevent the Russians from establishing a protectorate over Tibet, which lies on India's northern border. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, failed in attempts to communicate with Tibet's ruler, the Dalai Lama. A British military expedition fought its way to the capital at Lhasa and concluded the agreement. |
| 10/14/1884 | Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, was born at Delhi. |
| 11/13/1999 | Punjab Police men, Railways women emerged Federation Cup basketball champions in Jalandhar. |
| 1/10/1932 | Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities. |
| 5/13/1991 | P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail. |
| 3/28/1998 | The BJP-led alliance survived its first test of trust with the support of Chandrababu Naidu's Telgu Desam Party. Jayalalitha continues to call the shots. |
| 2/19/1956 | Acharya Narendra Dev, the veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and Chairman of PSP, passed away. |
| 4/1/1882 | Savings Bank Postal system was introduced. |
| 7/28/1921 | The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth. |
| 10/13/1991 | Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee. |
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