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Historical Event on 1/30/1996
The new (reconstituted) Scientific Advisory Board of the ICMR met on January 30-31, 1996.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/27/1998 | Minoo Masani, 92, co-founder of the Swatantra Party, passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness. |
| 7/27/1998 | 7 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 6/1/1996 | H.D. Deve Gowda's 21-member Central cabinet sworn in. |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
| 2/22/1948 | Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born. |
| 4/28/1936 | Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born. |
| 9/19/1704 | Guru Govind Singh died. |
| 4/23/1774 | British Commander Colonel Chapman defeated Rohilla's army and captured Ruhelkhand. |
| 10/23/1999 | V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, tops the list of star witnesses in Bofors case. |
| 12/25/1994 | Giani Zail Singh, former President of India, died in Chandigarh at the age of 78. |
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