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Historical Event on 10/30/1947
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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/3/1700 | Sikandar, former sultan of Vijapur, passed away at Satara in the imprisonment of Mughals. |
| 10/28/1946 | Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar. |
| 6/17/1991 | Congress and its allies secure absolute majority in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Haryana Assemblies. |
| 2/6/1939 | Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III of Baroda, great nationalist and social reformer, passed away. |
| 7/16/1909 | Aruna Asaf Ali, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Kalka in Haryana. |
| 8/5/1905 | Subhadrakumari Chauvhan, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
| 9/17/1950 | Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel. |
| 6/4/1932 | Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramhans, passed away. |
| 8/6/2000 | Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel. |
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