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Historical Event on 10/30/1977

Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/25/1998Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era.
6/17/1913Waman Vasudev Chitle (Bal Chitle), Marathi story writer and editor, was born.
8/4/1993Swami Chinmayananda, master in study of Bhagwadgita, died at the age of 76 in San Diego.
11/15/1991Import curbs on capital goods relaxed.
9/22/1789Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department.
10/19/1920Prakashchandra Sethi, former central minister, was born.
6/1/1996Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away.
9/20/1886Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, was born at Sibsagar.
6/27/1939Rahul Dev (R. D.) Burman ""Pancham Da"", famous music director, was born.
11/20/1999World sports award of the century given away in Vienna. The jury included IOC chief Samaranch, FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Prince Albert of Monaco and motor racing chief Max Mosley. Award winners were: contact sports Muhammad Ali, Soccer-Pele, athletics-Carl Lewis and Nadia Comaneci, water sport Dawn Fraser and Mark Spitz; motor sport Alain Prost, tennis-Steffi Graf, basketball-Michael Jordan, winter sports (skiing) Annemarie Moser-Proell and Jean-Claude Killy.