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Historical Event on 11/30/1998

Ghasiram Yadav (74), member of Parliament representing Alawar in Rajasthan and former MLA and Minister in the State, died in Jaipur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1980Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.
5/11/1626Malik Ambar of Ahmednagar's Nijamshahi kingdom, passed away.
7/22/1956Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing.
10/2/1942Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.
4/19/1998Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
9/3/1931Kanhaiya Prasad Sharan, politician, journalist and social worker, was born at Muzaffapur, Bihar.
11/15/1830Ram Mohun Roy sailed for England. He was the first Indian Brahmin (then 'Brahmo') to go to England.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
7/5/1916Indian Women's University was established at Hingne near Poona by Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve with just four students. After 1920, it was renamed as Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Indian Women's University.
5/1/1940Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published.