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Historical Event on 9/30/2000

Gen. S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of the Army Staff from Gen. V. P. Malik.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/21/1882Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born.
1/21/1882Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated.
2/5/1922Amar Nath Sehgal, sculptor, was born at Campbellpur (W. Pakistan). His important works are ""Voice of Africa (Ghana-1958)"", A Cricketer (1961) and Mahatma Gandhi, Amritsar, To space Unknown (bronze, Moscow-1963)"", etc.
7/12/1960Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar.
10/29/1988Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, freedom fighter and political leader, passed away.
9/4/1929N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka.
9/7/1965U.S. suspends military aid to India and Pakistan.
8/13/1947Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
8/23/1989Pandit Krishnarao Shankarrao, great singer of 'Gwalher Gharana', passed away.
9/20/1942Kanak Lata Barua, a yound child who tried to host the national flag at Goupur police station in Assam with the help of 500 people, was shot by the police station incharge.