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Historical Event on 1/30/1997

Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.
7/31/1993Zafar Saifullah was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1994.
5/6/1952Dr. Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India ""Rashtrapati"" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitution.
10/11/1894Sudhirranjan Das, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
4/6/1934Nilkanth Yashwant Khadilkar, editor of Marathi daily newspaper, was born.
2/13/1945Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
1/19/2000Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship.
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
4/12/1621Guru Teg Bahadur Singh, Sikh Guru, was born.
8/1/1955Arun Lal, cricketer (Indian batsman in sixteen Tests 1982-89), was born in Moradabad, U.P.