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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 |
| 5/28/1996 | BJP Govt. incapable of assembling a majority after two weeks. A left-wing coalition takes over headed by new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader and United Front coalition government. He held this office till 12 April 1997. |
| 5/28/1996 | Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin. |
| 4/1/1889 | Dr. Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), was born. |
| 6/24/1989 | A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal. |
| 9/17/1879 | E.V. Ramaswami Naicker, prominent leader of Dravid movement and social reformer, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/16/1941 | Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born. |
| 5/20/1850 | Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern story writing in Marathi, was born. |
| 5/27/1962 | Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri, cricketer (Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92), was born in Bombay. |
| 9/18/1997 | President K.R. Narayanan inaugurates Mammen Mappillai Hall at Kottayam, Kerala. |
| 8/16/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi goes on fast for being denied to continue the anti-untouchability propaganda. |
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