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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
5/12/1984Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, passed away at Madras.
4/3/1670Tanaji Malusure, right hand of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, passed away during the battle of Singhgad fort.
10/17/1940Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it.
7/20/1986India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.
7/21/1911Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat.
10/1/1886Baluchisthan became a part of India.
1/30/1996Maharashtra govt. decides to make school education free up to 10th standard.
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.
10/16/1990Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died.
9/18/1925Pranlal Harkisandas Vora, leader in Maharashtra, was born.