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Historical Event on 8/30/1991

Dr. P. J. Devras, friend of snakes, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1947Kamta Prasad ""Guru"" died at Jabalpur. He was renowned for his contribution in the field of Hindi Grammer. He was the editor of a monthly 'Saraswati' and 'Balasakha', children magaz
11/6/1946P. S. Shivswami Iyyer, great politician and administrator, passed away.
8/26/1984An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.
7/12/1960Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar.
10/9/1999Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.
6/5/1927Sarjit Singh Bal, educationist, was born in Renala Khurd, Punjab.
9/4/1980Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi.
10/24/1953Selection of the Dassault Ouragan fighter from France at this time reflected the decision to initiate diversification of supply sources. The first four of over 100 Ouragans, or 'Toofanis' as they were to become known in the IAF, reached Palam Airport from France and this type re-equipped Nos.8, 3 and 4 Squadrons in that order.
10/24/1953Babur came to India , and conquered it through Sindh in his fifth attempt.
6/25/1975President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the declaration of Emergency Rule in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented the same very next day.