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Historical Event on 7/30/1947
The part of Kashmir, North West Frontier Provience (NWFP), was swallowed up by Pakistan. The formality of raising the flag being done in November.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/26/1923 | Mukeshchandra Mathur, famous playback singer, was born. |
| 6/29/1893 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, physics, mathematics expert and founder of Indian Statistical Institute, was born at Calcutta. |
| 4/20/1992 | U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away. |
| 6/1/1996 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away. |
| 12/29/1997 | Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics. |
| 11/13/1991 | Supreme Court orders establishment of an all-India judicial service. |
| 8/20/1979 | Indian premier Charan Singh resigns. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 11/18/1974 | Telex Service started between India and Pakistan. |
| 7/1/1984 | Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, died at the age of 101. |
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