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Historical Event on 1/30/1994

Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wickets.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
2/2/1917Maharshi Vinayak Ramchandra Patwardhan (Annasaheb), collegue of Lokmanya Tilak, passed away.
9/21/1898Tushar Kanti Ghosh, famous journalist, was born.
3/23/1994Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev.
6/23/1975Prannath Thapar, former Chief of Army, died.
10/31/1875Vallabhbhai Zaverbhai Patel, 'Iron man of India', was born at Nadiad, Gujarat. He was also the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. His father had served in the army of the Rani of Jhansi against Britishers.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
4/19/1981Indira Gandhi,Prime Minister, inaugurated `Maharashtra Vidhanbhavan'.
5/11/1998Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft.
8/27/1998India's cricket sensation Sachin Tendulkar has an audience with the legendary Sir Don Bradman at the latter's 90th birthday celebrations in Adelaide.