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Historical Event on 5/30/1962

69 killed in a bus crash near Ahmedabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/12/1996Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana.
10/25/1983Technical Cell constituteded with a view to promote the use of official language Hindi on mechanical or electronic devices.
3/24/1855First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km.
4/15/1998Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.
8/26/1914Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
11/19/1991Two national commissions on women set up.
11/27/1778Joseph Lin flew upto 2,286 meters high with the help of a baloon.
11/16/1958India and U.S.S.R. sign trade agreement to exchange Soviet industrial and agricultural equipment for farm commodities at Moscow.
1/11/1859Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born.