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Historical Event on 3/30/1988
Tamil Nadu beat Railways by an innings and 144 runs to win Ranji Trophy.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/2/1990 | Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft. |
2/27/1854 | Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company. |
10/24/1991 | Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years. |
11/20/1989 | Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", passed away. |
3/6/1971 | Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain. |
10/26/1999 | India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). |
7/12/1896 | Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born. |
7/25/1961 | Delhi upgraded as an A-class city on the basis of provisional Census figures of 1961. |
1/28/1911 | The famous Hope diamond, once worn by Marie Antoinette, was bought tonight for over $300,000 by Ned McLean, son of John McLean. Mrs. McLean wore it as a head ornament, guarded by a former Secret Service man who in turn was guarded by two private detectives. Walnut-sized and exquisitely blue in color, the 44.5-carat stone stems from India. Its owners included Louis XIV, Louis XVI, and a London banker named Hope. A sinister history of ill luck, madness, and violent death clings to the unique gem. |
9/26/1991 | Ordinance to amend MRTP Act and the Companies Act totally removes pre-entry restrictions on new industrial houses and expansion of the existing ones. |
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