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Historical Event on 5/30/1919
Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/24/1965 | Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal. |
| 9/1/1947 | Indian Standard Time was adopted. |
| 3/3/1978 | Origin of Saka Era (India). |
| 5/20/1750 | Tipu Sultan, tiger of Mysore, was born. He was the son of Hyder Ali and born at Devanhalli village near Bangalore. Hyder Ali named his son after a great Sufi saint namely Tipu Mastan Aulia. Tipu Sultan was a great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, musician and architect. |
| 3/16/1966 | Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966. |
| 1/23/1920 | Air transportation began in India by two Royal Air Force planes between Karachi and Bombay, and Air Mail service started. |
| 11/5/1956 | Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary. |
| 12/1/1994 | Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. |
| 7/22/1996 | 1996-97 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram. |
| 8/7/1982 | Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture. |
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