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Historical Event on 8/30/1992

The first Indian-built ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) successfully flown in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1972Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77.
1/12/1757Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel.
1/11/1998C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away.
1/22/1963The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.
2/5/1949Judgement on Gandhi's murder; Godse and Apte to be executed.
1/3/1836Munshi Newal Kishore, son of Jamuna Prasad Bhargava--a zamindar of Aligarh-- and a great erudite scholar, educationist, nationalist, social worker and a pioneer industrialist, was born. He was the founder of Navalkishore Press, Lucknow (1858), which published 2612 books that elaborated Hindi literature. He was the Publisher of Awadhi Newspaper in Asia.
3/16/1946India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'.
3/20/1977General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India.
4/15/1658Raja Jaswant Singh was defeated at Dharmat. He was sent by Shahjahan and Dara Shukoh to resist Aurangzeb's advance towards Agra.
6/28/1883Shivprasad Gupta, social reformer, politician, leader, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, was born at Varanasi.