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Historical Event on 1/30/1996

The new (reconstituted) Scientific Advisory Board of the ICMR met on January 30-31, 1996.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/13/1877Bhulabhai Desai, politician, was born.
10/13/1877Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.
5/9/1981Pandit Sundarlal, great revolutionary and writer of 'Bharat Mein Angreji Raj', passed away.
12/27/1926Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK.
6/30/1966Judge K. Subba Rao became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 11/04/1967.
9/15/1916Margaret Lockwood, film actress of 'Lady Vanishes' fame, was born in Karachi, India.
12/26/1989Keshav Shankar Pillai, international fame cartoonist, painter, writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
8/1/1995Vohra Panel submits report, highlights nexus between mafia and politicians.
8/1/1953Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas.
1/8/1993FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500.