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Historical Event on 4/30/1958

Shiekh Abdulla taken into custody.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/9/1993Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300.
10/27/2000The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively.
5/7/1908Sudhabala alias Ermaline was born in Bombay. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Hothal Padmini' (1925). Some of her films are Kicks of Kismet, Tained Virtue, Red Signal, Wise Fool, Hoor-E-Bagdad.
9/1/1988Fatte Singrao Gaekwad of Baroda, former Member of Parliament, passed away.
4/26/1992Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.
7/8/1999The bodies of 12 soldiers, who martyred in Kargil battle, were brought to New Delhi. So far 321 soldiers were killed and 476 wounded in operation Vijay.
10/26/1930Dr. Waldemar Modecal Haffkine, famous scientist, bacteriologist and professor, died in Paris. He had invented the Cholera vaccine in 1893 and a vaccine for Plague in 1897 at the Grant Medical College, Bombay.
6/9/1998The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay.
9/2/1970President V. V. Giri inaugurated, Vivekanand Rock Memorial' at Kanyakumari.