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Historical Event on 6/30/1968

Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous journalist and litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1995Rajendra Kumari Bajpai appointed the Lt. Governor of Pondichery.
1/23/199750,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down.
10/6/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 400m (Women) in 51.61 seconds at Canberra .
12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.
8/14/1998Classical vocalist Shamshad Begum, who enthralled radio listeners in the 30s and 40s, died in Mumbai.
9/11/1911Amarnath Lala, right-hand Indian all-rounder of 30s and 40s, was born at Lahore in Pakistan. He was awarded with Padma Bhushan in 1991.
4/7/1920Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India), was born in Banaras, India.
7/12/1996Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.
3/30/1994Exim Policy streamlined to attract exporting community.
10/18/1993Mandakini Athvale, first child actor of Indian film industry, died.