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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
12/13/1999The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor.
9/1/1909Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University.
6/5/1999The Army releases documents seized from three Pakistani soldiers in the Batalik sector to substantiate its claim that Pakistan regulars are involved in the Kargil conflict.
6/5/1999A battle was fought at Turkra or Turkra Qasba (in the Balasore district) in which the Afghans were routed.
1/26/1919Mohammad Cazzambhoy Ibrahim Khan, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests India vs West Indies 1948-49), was born in Bombay.
9/14/1992Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives.
3/29/1989Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India.
9/17/1999Narayan Desai, Ajoy Kumar Basu and Saraswathi Gora are named for Jamnalal Bajaj awards.
11/13/1901Four Language panels were started on Rs. 10/- notes. First time four corner serial numbers were introduced. This panel had Indian languages which varied from state to state.
9/19/1950U. N. Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China in New York.