30 October - India on this day27 events
Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country.
Several people died and many injured as security forces opened fire at a crowd marching towards Ram Janmabhumi/Babari Masjid to perform 'karseva'.
Former PM Narasimha Rao appears before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at the Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi, as an accused in the St. Kitts forgery case.
Kerala Kaumudi's Kannur edition and Internet edition begin.
The Central Ministerial team led by Mr. Advani is prevented from making an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wrecked by the super cyclone.
Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born.
Homi Jahangir Bhabha, famous nuclear scientist, was born in Bombay.
Pramond Venkatesh Devidas Mahajan was born in Mahaboobnagar (Andhra Pradesh).
Acharya Narendra Deo, educationist, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Sitapur, U.P.
Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Pasumpon village, Tamil Nadu.
First meeting of the Shiv Sena at Shivaji Park.
India and China decide to continue peace measures and open more points for border trade.
India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership.
Madhav Vinayak Gothoskar, cricket Test umpire for 14 tests from 1972-84, was born in Mumbai.
Dara Nadirsha Dotiwala, cricket Test umpire for 6 tests from 1981-88, was born in Mumbai.
The 160-page CBI's report on cricket match-fixing names Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma, Manoj Prabhakar and former physiotherapist Dr. Ali Irani for their deep-rooted nexus with betting syndicates. It virtually gives a clean chit to Kapil Dev.
The first Spitfires from the Advanced Flying School at Ambala reached Srinagar and were soon engaged in strafing the raiders beyond Pattan. Within a week, the Tempests of No. 7 Squadron were playing a decisive role in the battle of Shelatang which halted the forward momentum of the insurgents.
Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, nationalist, freedom fighter and social worker, died at Madurai.
Bansilal Ladda, veteran freedom fighter and law expert, passed away.
Norberto Carvalho, vetern freedom fighter of Goa freedom fight, passed away.
Swaran Singh, 87, former External Affairs minister, died.
The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan.
Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.
CBI chargesheets Rao and six others including Buta Singh and Capt. Satish Sharma in the Rs. 3.5 cr. JMM MPs pay-off case.
ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate.