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Historical Event on 12/30/1974

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/9/1755E Braddock, British General, was mortally wounded during French & Indian War.
9/1/1989Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
3/25/1997Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India.
4/30/1998Anna Hazare, social worker, was awarded the CARE International humanitarian award for 1998.
3/18/1924Madhusudhan Ramachandra Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49), was born in Panvel, Maharashtra.
6/9/1752French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India.
8/21/1997Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
5/13/1956Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.
7/14/1999Arvind Dave is appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
10/12/1993The first operational sortie in Somalia was undertaken with the Brigade Commander and his Deputy on board to recede the area of responsibility in and around Baidoa which was to be the bridage's permanent location.