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Historical Event on 1/30/1999
Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/21/1981 | Kerala under central rule. |
| 4/3/1992 | Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), was formed. |
| 4/1/1954 | Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960. |
| 10/21/1762 | Herman W Daendels, Brig-General and Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1807-11), was born. |
| 3/11/1997 | Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles. |
| 3/18/1974 | Buddhadev Basu, modern Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and critic, passed away. |
| 7/28/1909 | Brahmanand Reddi Kasu, politician, was born at Madras. |
| 5/5/1992 | Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched. |
| 7/29/1980 | India won Gold Medal in Hockey at Moscow Olympics. |
| 4/24/1974 | Ramdhari Singh alias 'Dinkar', veteran famous Hindi writer and poet, passed away. |
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