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Historical Event on 8/30/1990

Parliament unanimously passes the Prasar Bharati Bill.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1757The Battle of Plassey started between Robert Clive, incharge of British army, and Nawab of Bengal, Siraj -Ud -Daula. In this battle Robert Clive won control of Bengal.
11/25/1993National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, celebrated its platinum jubilee in 1993 by organizing several scientific activities throughout the year, culminating in the International Symposium on Nutrition during November 25-27, 1993.
2/12/2000Ashok Shandilya wins the men's title in the National Billiards championship in Bangalore.
2/21/1987Pakistan President Gen. Zia visits India.
6/20/1957Govindrao Burhanpurkar, famous harmonium player, died.
6/8/2000Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa).
2/4/1974Satyendra Nath Bose, a noted mathematician, professor and physicist, passed away at Calcutta. He contributed greatly to statictical mechanics, the electromagnetic properties of ionosphere, the therories of X-ray crystallography and thermoluminescence, and unified field theory. Bose instituted ""Planck's Law and the Hypothesis of Light Quana"" in 1924.
5/18/1995Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act.
10/31/1966Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes.
8/20/1944Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born in Bombay.