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Historical Event on 4/30/1908
Khudiram Bose along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to throw a bomb at a carriage supposed to be carrying the tyrannical magistrate Kingsford. Unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/3/1947 | Gandhiji toured the riot-affected areas in Bihar from January 3 to January 29. |
| 2/21/1998 | Romesh Bhandari, U.P. Governor, dismisses the Kalyan Singh Government and inducts an 18-member ministry headed by Jagadambika Pal of the Loktantrik Congress Party. BJP moves the Allahabad High Court. BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, A. B. Vajpayee, goes on a ""fast-unto-death"". |
| 1/18/1992 | Muthuswami Pillai, father of Bharat Natyam classical dance, passed away. |
| 1/18/1992 | Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same. |
| 3/1/1950 | The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000. |
| 1/18/1998 | Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
| 10/19/1954 | Nehru and Mao meet in Peking. |
| 5/6/1952 | Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education. |
| 6/21/1862 | Ganendra Mohan Tagore was the first Indian to get the Barrister-at-Law Degree after passing the examination from Lincoln Inn University. |
| 2/19/1993 | German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President. |
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