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Historical Event on 12/30/1929
The first inland Indian air mail left New Delhi this morning for Jodhpur, Hyderabad, and Karachi to connect at Karachi with the air service to London.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/6/1971 | D. Sen became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 29/03/77). |
| 2/2/1959 | Indira Gandhi was elected the president of the ruling Congress Executive Party. Thereby Congress spilt,and leftist formed Swantantra Party. |
| 1/8/1956 | Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of 'Maharashtra Drama Group' (Maharashtra Natak Mandali), died. |
| 9/10/1977 | The Planning Commission decides to introduce the Rolling Plan concept. |
| 7/10/1996 | Budget session of Parliament begins. |
| 9/23/1903 | Yusuf Meherali, freedom fighter and socialist, was born. |
| 8/7/1925 | Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan was born in Kumbakonam. He went to Britain and took his Ph.D from the school of Agriculture in Cambridge in 1952. He developed high yielding strains of wheat and rice and accomplished difficult crosses in potato and jute species. In 1971, he was awarded The Ramon Magsaysay Award for generating a new confidence in the agricultural capabilities of the country. He was the Director of the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines. He is also the first agriculture scientist to win the Albert Einstein world science Award in 1986. |
| 6/14/1991 | Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed. |
| 9/17/1929 | La Fontaine, Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM and AVSM, VM, was born in Madras. |
| 10/31/1990 | Religious clashes between Hindus and Muslims leave more than 180 people dead. |
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