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Historical Event on 9/30/1989
INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
| 10/5/1890 | Kishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, was born. |
| 4/20/1960 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away. |
| 6/11/1921 | Snehlata, social reformer and politician, was born at Mathura, U.P. |
| 7/1/1999 | Two leaders of Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) are detained under National Security Act (NSA). |
| 2/2/1952 | India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras. |
| 10/19/1970 | First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished. |
| 1/24/1958 | First international Film Festival started in Mumbai. |
| 1/1/1920 | P.M. Nadagouda, politician, was born at Mysore, Chitwadgi. |
| 12/1/1955 | Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism. |
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