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Historical Event on 5/30/1985
Earthquake in Srinagar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/13/1999 | The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal. |
| 4/1/1987 | Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution. |
| 7/7/1855 | As many as 30,000, people went to Calcutta alongwith weapons to fight the British army. |
| 8/1/1905 | Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/. |
| 2/9/2000 | The Madras High Court suspends the one-year jail sentence passed by a Special Court against the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, in the 'Pleasant Stay Hotel Case'. |
| 10/15/1961 | Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', famous Hindi poet, writer, editor, social worker and litterateur, died in Allahabad. |
| 2/18/1905 | Indian Home Rule Society was founded at London by Shyamji Krishna Varma. |
| 4/14/1990 | L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa. |
| 6/29/1893 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, physics, mathematics expert and founder of Indian Statistical Institute, was born at Calcutta. |
| 10/23/1898 | Khandubhai K. Desai, politician and social reformer, was born at Bulsar in Gujarat. |
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