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Historical Event on 6/30/1992

Over 20 Indian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia due to heatwave and inadequate medical attention.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1923Hiralal Ghasulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder who played Test for India in 1952-53, was born in Nagpur.
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.
9/22/1937The last contingent of Indian freedom fighters was send to Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
11/19/1917Indira (Pridarshani) Gandhi, the first Indian Lady Prime Minister, was born at Allahabad. She was the only child of Jawharlal Nehru and took active participation in freedom fight by forming ""Vanar Sena"" (a team of young detectives). She lead India in a successful war against Pakistan to seperate East and West Pakistans and establish the nation of Banglades
5/28/1963Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India).
4/29/1998The Reserve Bank reduces the bank rate by one point from 10 per cent in its monetary and credit policy for the first half of 1998- 99.
1/17/1888Babu Gulab Rai, famous Hindi essy writer, critic and historian, was born.
6/2/1993Kurla-Kochi Express rams into goods train near Jolarpet in which 22 were killed and 100 injured.
5/9/1992Killer brew claims 175 lives in Orissa, Excise Minister Prasanna Kumar Acharya resigns.