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Historical Event on 1/30/1882

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, great leader and social reformer, was born at Hyde Park, New York.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1894Meher Baba (1894-1969) of Poona, Indian saint of Persian origin and gifted with psychic powers of prediction, was born. The mystical teachings of this silent sage stressed love, self-inquiry and God consciousness.
2/28/1997The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.
3/16/1901Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
4/2/1980S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981.
5/11/1626Malik Ambar of Ahmednagar's Nijamshahi kingdom, passed away.
11/19/1998Shruti Khanna won her Maiden title on Indian soil in the Northern India Ladies Championship at the Delhi Golf Course.
2/21/1998Romesh Bhandari, U.P. Governor, dismisses the Kalyan Singh Government and inducts an 18-member ministry headed by Jagadambika Pal of the Loktantrik Congress Party. BJP moves the Allahabad High Court. BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, A. B. Vajpayee, goes on a ""fast-unto-death"".
1/16/1924In a tragic ship wreck, Kumaran Asan, famous Malayalam poet & eminent social worker, died.
5/6/1944Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
12/14/2000The Government declares the 10-day old postal strike illegal as per the provisions of the Industrial Dispute Act.