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Historical Event on 11/30/1988
Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/29/1869 | Sir Edwin Lutyens, Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, was born. |
| 3/29/1869 | Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398. |
| 5/11/1987 | President's rule imposed in Punjab. |
| 11/3/1900 | Sagarmal Gopa, freedom fighter, was born. |
| 1/16/1992 | For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat. |
| 4/2/1991 | Asom Gana Parishad splits. |
| 3/14/1967 | Vijay Yadav, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper between More & Mongia), was born in Gonda. |
| 4/22/1930 | Civil Disobedience at Dandi, 6th April 1930 and Civil Disobedience at Bombay, 7th April 1930, both documentary films produced by Krishna Film Co., Bombay, were prohibited by Censor Board on April 22, on the grounds that they were calculated to foster resistance to Government and to promote a breach of Law and Order. |
| 9/2/1956 | Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India). |
| 10/13/1905 | Sister Nivedita died. |
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