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Historical Event on 4/30/1977

Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/21/1981Dattatrey Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kakasaheb"", freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 96.
7/2/2000At least 30 people had died after a boat collapsed in Kumla river near Pratapur in Madhubani district of Bihar.
3/7/1956A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.
6/13/1927Henry C. K. ""Clan"" Petty-Fitzmaurice, Governor of India (1888-94), passed away at the age of 82.
9/13/1965Pakistanis bomb Bombay.
10/16/1999A woman is elected as the Speaker of the Sikkim Assembly.
2/4/1924Kocheril Raman Narayan, ninth Vice President of India and now president of India, was born.
2/22/1958Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.
10/22/1796Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace.
4/18/1859Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny.