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Historical Event on 9/30/1996

Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1998Baba Nagarjun ""Vaidyanath Mishra"" died. He wrote in Hindi, Maithali and Sanskrit. Some of his noted works are ""Patra-Heen- Nagna Gachh"", ""Dukhmochan"", ""Yugdhara"" and ""Sah
4/3/1984Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
2/1/1785Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.
5/8/1992Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away.
3/11/1997Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles.
6/14/1947Congress Working Committee met at New Delhi to draft the resolution to be placed before All India Congress Committee on the acceptance of Mountbatten plan for the partition of India.
3/18/1996President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces.
8/3/1900Nana Patil, great revolutionary, was born.
8/8/1932Dada Kondke, famous Marathi actor, was born.
2/21/1992Congress scores nearly three-fourth majority in Punjab Assembly elections.