mportant Events on 30 January in Indian History

1528

• Rana Sanga of Mewar, who had built up an extensive and powerful kingdom over the central and western regions of Northern India, passed away. Mughal Emperor Babur captured Chanderi Fort from Medini Rai, Rana Sangram Singh one of the Lieutenants.

1785

• Sir Charles Metkaff, governor general of East India Company, was born.

1882

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, great leader and social reformer, was born at Hyde Park, New York.

1903

• Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta.

1905

• Pitamber Das, social reformer and politician, was born at Mowana, U.P.

1908

• Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise.

1911

• Gajananrao Joshi, famous violin player and singer of “Gwalior Gharana”, was born.

1947

• Gandhiji leaves Patna for Delhi. Mountbatten, new Viceroy, arrives in Delhi.

1948

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting.

1949

• Night Airmail Services was inaugurated.

1959

• Uranium Metal Project started producing Uranium at Trombay, Mumbai.

1968

• Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer and President of All India, passed away.

1971

• Indian Airline’s Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore.

1988

• Sheshrao Wankhede, barrister, passed away.

1991

• Union Government dismisses Karunanidhi government. President’s rule imposed in Tamil Nadu.

1993

• Congress (I) MLA in Andhra Pradesh P. Balaraju and eight officials kidnapped by the outlawed People’s War Group in Visakhapatnam district.

• Dr. Syvatoslav Roerich, 89, renowned painter and husband of film actress Devika Rani, passed away.

1994

• Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee’s world record of 431 Test wickets.

1996

• The new (reconstituted) Scientific Advisory Board of the ICMR met on January 30-31, 1996.

• Maharashtra govt. decides to make school education free up to 10th standard.

• Mob ransacks Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Bangalore.

• Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe.

1997

• Fifth Pay Commission submits proposals; minimum salary Rs. 2440 pm and maximum 26,000. Cabinet Secretary 30,000; six-day week; retirement at 60, etc. proposed.

• Mahatma Gandhi’s ashes immersed in Sangam.

1999

• Gopinath Bordoloi was awarded the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, The Highest Civilian Award in India. 1999.

• Paes-Bhupathi stumbled in the doubles final losing to Patrick Rafter-Jonas Bjorkman in the Australian Open Tennis tournament.

• Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna.