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Historical Event on 7/30/1960

Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, great freedom fighter, leader and 'Lion of Karnataka', 0died. He was a loyal Congress leader.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/14/1982All India Radio renamed as 'Akashwani' but it's Urdu service yet announces that it's All India Radio.
3/17/1997A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
10/6/1935Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India.
1/22/1986Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.
5/17/1998US President Bill Clinton wants India and Pakistan to sign CTBT.
2/25/1938Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay.
3/16/1939Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1.
4/1/1969India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore.
2/25/1897Dr. Amarnath Jha, educationist, was born.