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30 December - India on this day15 events

1964

500 people seized by Chinese spies.

#crime30-December-1964
1953

The Untouchability (Offences) Bill published in the Gazette of India.

#publication30-December-1953
1946

Jawaharlal Nehru calls on Gandhiji, who says, "My reason wholly supports my heart".

#quote30-December-1946
1865

Rudyard Kipling, famous English litterateur and author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907), was born in Bombay.

#birth#literature30-December-1865
1879

Shri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), modern Hindu Advaita renaissance saint of Maharshi Research Institute, philosopher and yogi, was born in Tiruchuzhi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu.

#birth#religion30-December-1879
1887

Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, leader of India Freedom Movement, Law expert, Educationist, Litterateur and founder of "Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan", was born at Bharuch.

#birth#literature#education30-December-1887
1906

The All India Muslim League was founded in Dacca by a group of big landlords which included Aga Khan III, The Nawab of Dacca and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk-Salimullah. They supported the Partition of Bengal and called for seperate Muslim electrorates and other safeguard for Muslims.

#religion#politics30-December-1906
1803

East India Comapny captured Dehli, Agra and Bharooch.

#general30-December-1803
1949

India recognizes People's Republic of China.

#general30-December-1949
1971

Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, famous nuclear scientist, died.

#science#death30-December-1971
1974

Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.

#cinema30-December-1974
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.

#command30-December-1929
1935

Lord Reading, former Viceroy and Governor General of India, died at the age of 76 at UK.

#death30-December-1935
1947

India informs Pakistan and other dominion representatives that it has decided to refer the Kashmir issue to the Security Council under Article 35 of the United Nations Charter.

#politics30-December-1947
1993

Government gets majority when 10 members of Ajit faction of the JD merge with the Congress.

#politics30-December-1993