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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
8/7/1986Lok Sabha passes Constitution 53rd Amendment bill conferring statehood on Mizoram.
8/28/1972General Insurance Business was nationalised.
7/1/1947British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
7/9/1746French sailor's fleet reached at the bank of Pondichery in India.
6/26/1991Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister.
5/1/1972All fuel coal mines were nationalised.
1/16/1938Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, passed away.
5/25/1991Indian, UN Angola Verification Mission - I ended (UNAVEM - I June 1989 - May 1991).
9/12/1961Nalin Vilochan Sharma, great Hindi critic, died.
11/9/1871Padmnath Gohain, litterateur of modern Assamia Barua, was born.