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Historical Event on 6/30/1997

Joginder Singh, CBI Director, was given marching orders bringing his 11-month-old controversial tenure to sudden end. R. C. Sharma, Special Director, took over.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1918C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous film music director, was born.
11/17/1921Princes of Wales came to India.
1/31/2000All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged.
6/10/1966MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik.
12/29/1938Mahavir Prasad Dvivedi, famous litterateur, writer, poet and editor, died at the age of 74.
11/6/1904Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born.
2/2/1862Pandit Shambhunath was the first Indian to become Judge of Indian High Court.
10/31/1997Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi.
9/29/1725Robert Clive, one of the founders of British empire in India and diplomat, was born.
1/24/1958First international Film Festival started in Mumbai.