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Historical Event on 8/30/1979
Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/6/1919 | Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike. |
| 11/13/1962 | Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died |
| 6/13/1998 | India rejects G-8 prescriptions saying they are ''coercive and intrusive'' and intend to freeze the nuclear weapon capabilities of New Delhi and Islamabad. |
| 8/22/1993 | V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes. |
| 5/1/1922 | Madhu Limaye, great politician, freedom fighter, writer and national leader, was born at Pune, Maharashtra. |
| 4/8/1937 | R. Gundurao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka and senior leader of Indira Congress, was born. |
| 7/10/1964 | Bangalore University was established in Karnataka. |
| 4/9/1974 | India, Pakistan, Bangladesh reach pact to exchange prisoners of 1971 war in New Delhi. |
| 10/13/1911 | Ashok Kumar Ganguly, famous film actor, was born. He is the recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. |
| 10/19/1774 | Members of the Council and the Judge of Supreme Court of England came to improve the management in India. |
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