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Historical Event on 3/30/1989

Waman Ganpat Behre `Sobat', editor of weekly, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/19/1992Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh.
12/13/2000The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate.
2/2/1956The president inaugurated the Bhoodan padyatra led by Dr. Sushila Nayar.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
2/6/1996Supreme Court upholds election of CPI (M) leader O. Bharathan to Kerala Assembly from Edakkad (91).
11/9/1924Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born.
11/9/1924Saint Kabir was born.
10/27/1907Sardar Bhagat Singh, the great martyr, was born in village Banga, Lyallpur (now in Pakistsan) in a reputed Sikh freedom fighter's family.
7/23/1997India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
6/7/1979Bhaskara-I, first experimental satellite for Earth resources/meteorology remote sensing and the Second Satellite of India, launched. This satellite carried TV and microwave cameras. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle 'Intercosmos'.