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Historical Event on 12/30/1974

Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/4/1956Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay.
4/27/1606Jahangir arrested Khusroo.
1/27/1972V. S. Sarvate (Tatya Saheb), great revolutionary writer, passed away.
11/5/1996Narashima Rao, former PM, refused bail in St. Kitts forgery case.
3/1/1962Gaya University renamed as Magadh University.
3/30/1977Swami Agnivesh merged his 'Bhartiya Aryasabha Party' in Janata Party.
10/6/1808Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born.
7/30/1886Dr. S.Muthulakshmi Reddi, first women M.A.L.A.S, was born.
3/3/1939Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention.
4/11/1999India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile.