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Historical Event on 9/30/1996

Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Sri Lankan social scientist, received the Gandhi Peace Prize 1996.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
2/13/1994Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence.
12/11/1998Kavi Pradeep (84), poet who received 1998 Dadasaheb Phalke award, dies in Mumbai. He was a patriotic song writer and wrote several immortal Hindi film songs.
11/15/1621Jahangir captured Kakda Fort.
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.
4/20/1993Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade.
1/31/1969Saint Meherbaba passed away.
2/16/1968Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
7/7/1946Gandhiji addressed the A.I.C.C. meeting at Bombay; Congress accepted the Cabinet Mission plan of May 16.
7/7/1946Battle of Krisna was fought between two villages Rakshasi and Tangadi.