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Historical Event on 10/30/1947

The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1998The Sonia Gandhi era begins in the Congress(I) with a special AICC session ratifying the decision of the CWC appointing her president in place of Sitaram Kesri.
6/18/1979Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset.
12/1/1989A 13-member Sikkim Sangram Parishad Ministry headed by Nar Bahadur Bhandari assumes office in Sikkim.
2/28/1950The Finance Minister announces the setting up of the Planning Commission with Nehru and Nanda as Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively.
7/3/1908Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested as a traitor by the Britishers.
3/10/1922Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati.
10/12/1998Sushma Swaraj is sworn in Delhi Chief Minister in place of Mr. Sahib Singh Verma
1/25/1930Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
1/12/1994S. S. Nadkarni, Chairman of National Stock Exchange, appointed SEBI Chairman.