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Historical Event on 4/30/1998

Sukh Ram, former Union Minister, decides to resign as a Minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/15/1908Stock Exchange of Calcutta was opened of Baldeodas Daduawala and Overened.
5/25/19415,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India.
2/6/1932Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, passed away.
7/29/1904Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, president of Tata industrial group, was born in Paris, France. He was the first pilot of India to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna.
7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.
4/5/1930Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
1/23/1993British PM John Major arrives in India on an official visit.
12/8/1998An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award.
3/20/1920Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts.
10/29/1929Vyankat Chalaiyya Manipalli Narayan Chalaiyya, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.