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Historical Event on 11/30/1988

Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1931Gandhi chiefs order campaign of civil disobedience to continue.
8/14/1954'State Carrom Association' was established in Mumbai.
9/11/1995PM Narsimha Rao inaugurated the State Panchayat minister's meet for discussing panchayat election, devolution of administrative and financial power to the local bodies.
3/11/1903Shrinagesh M. M, former General, was born.
5/16/1960International Telex Service between India and U.K. started.
4/26/1945Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras.
1/9/1993An Indian Airlines TU-154 plane crash lands in Delhi, all the 165 on board escape; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM cancels Dhaka visit; SAARC summit put off.
5/4/1854The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established.
12/6/1907Revolutionaries looted Chingaripota station.
10/15/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.