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Historical Event on 10/30/1999

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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/17/1761William 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.
5/19/1980Dr. Ramashankar Shukla 'Rasal', famous writer, passed away.
7/4/1933Mahatma Gandhi sentenced to one year imprisonment.
6/15/1659Aurangzeb was declared as the Emperor of India at Red Fort Delhi.
12/4/1973Mohan Rakesh, famous modern Hindi dramatist, novelist and story writer, passed away.
11/3/1999Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal.
12/4/1999A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord.
2/10/1943Gandhi begins hunger strike to protest imprisonment. This strike lasted for 21 days till March 3.
1/5/1992Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st cricket Test wkt.
6/23/1920Kesri Jagannathrao Joshi, senior leader of Janata Party in Karnataka, was born.