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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 |
| 7/29/1748 | Boscawen landed 25 km south of Pondicherry. |
| 11/22/1990 | Laloo Prasad Yadav, Bihar CM, wins confidence motion (202-108). |
| 10/30/1996 | Pop star Michael Jackson arrives in Bombay. |
| 4/30/1998 | Anna Hazare, social worker, was awarded the CARE International humanitarian award for 1998. |
| 4/15/1984 | Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India. |
| 1/22/1971 | Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 25/04/1973. |
| 3/22/1915 | Dr. Nagendra, famous hindi critic, was born. |
| 3/13/1940 | Michael O' Dyer, former Governor of Punjab, was shot by Udham Singh in Caxton Hall at point-blank range in full view of a large gathering in London. |
| 7/10/1949 | Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980). |
| 6/20/1921 | Tilak University was established. |
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