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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 |
| 1/24/1966 | Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board. |
| 6/10/1900 | Jayantnath Chaudhary, former General of Indian Army General, was born. |
| 8/20/1986 | A restructured 20-point programme announced. |
| 1/6/1981 | Indian Ocean bed on their research ship Gavesani of the National Institute succeeded from the depth of 4,300 metres. |
| 5/19/1796 | Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds. |
| 1/15/1988 | Narendra Hirwani makes a world record by capturing 16 West Indies wickets on Test debut at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras. |
| 11/13/1908 | Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade, former ruler and great industrialist, was born. |
| 7/13/1999 | Militants attack the residential complex of Border Security Force (BSF) in Madar village near Bandipur and take 12 persons as hostages after killing four. |
| 8/1/1905 | Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/. |
| 8/9/1892 | Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, was born. |
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