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Historical Event on 1/30/1948
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.
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| 9/18/1909 | Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born. |
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| 1/10/1959 | Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi. |
| 9/18/1995 | Kaka Hathrasi, famous comedy poet, died. |
| 9/2/1992 | Delhi High Court indicts CBI in Bofors case; FIR and letters rogatory quashed. |
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