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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
1/2/1990Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft.
2/27/1854Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company.
10/24/1991Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years.
11/20/1989Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", passed away.
3/6/1971Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.
10/26/1999India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
7/12/1896Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born.
7/25/1961Delhi upgraded as an A-class city on the basis of provisional Census figures of 1961.
1/28/1911The 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.
9/26/1991Ordinance to amend MRTP Act and the Companies Act totally removes pre-entry restrictions on new industrial houses and expansion of the existing ones.