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Historical Event on 9/30/1687
Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/11/1994 | Molly Chacko at Hiroshima sets record for 3000m (Women) in 9.06.42. |
10/15/1961 | Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', famous Hindi poet, writer, editor, social worker and litterateur, died in Allahabad. |
4/27/1997 | CBI decides to prosecute Bihar CM Laloo Prasad Yadav, former CM Dr. Jagannath Mishra, Union Minister Chandra Deo Prasad Verma and 53 others in the Rs. 950 crore fodder scam case. |
3/1/1775 | Purandhar Treaty was singed between Nana Phadnavis and British Army. |
1/24/1857 | Calcutta University established. |
4/8/1973 | India takes control over Sikkim after anti-government riots. |
2/15/1992 | Sain Swami Gangeshwaranandji, chief of `Udasin Sampraday', passed away. |
1/18/1968 | The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed. |
6/1/1996 | H.D. Deve Gowda's 21-member Central cabinet sworn in. |
9/29/1971 | Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people. |
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