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Historical Event on 1/30/1999

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/15/1992Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya.
12/4/1998Sonia Gandhi said the Congress(I) was prepared to meet the challenge of contesting a mid-term poll if it was forced on the country. But it would not take any initiative to pull down the BJP-led coalition.
6/9/1998Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.
8/8/1955Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.
2/1/1917Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal.
7/1/1968Asia's biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi.
2/20/1847Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established.
10/26/1943Cholera epidemic killed 2,155 people in the third week of October at Calcutta.
7/23/1856Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856
1/28/1933India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge.