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Historical Event on 3/30/1990

Constitution (64th) Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab collapses in Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/30/1999Gopinath Bordoloi was awarded the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, The Highest Civilian Award in India. 1999.
12/24/1921Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest.
4/13/1972Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away.
7/15/1783Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, great Indian Merchant, Industrialist and philanthrophist, was born in Bombay. He aided famine relief, financed public works like wells, roads, causeways and bridges; founded dispensaries and hospitals; established educational institutions and scholarship funds; etc. He was receipent of a Knighthood and many medals.
8/2/1993Seven JD (A) rebel MPs admitted to Congress (I).
7/29/1891Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur and Hindi writer, passed away in Calcutta.
7/9/1951India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held.
1/7/1685Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born.
2/11/1998The Punjab police unearth a plot to kill Prime Minister I. K. Gujral, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, and Congress(I) leader Sonia Gandhi by a pro-Khalistan militant group.
11/13/1917Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born.