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Historical Event on 5/30/1987
Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/7/1998 | Jiwan Singh Umrangal (84), Akali leader and former Punjabi Minister, dies in hospital in Beas. |
| 7/22/1918 | During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force. |
| 9/24/1674 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was second time crowned by 'Tantrik Paddhati'. |
| 3/8/1957 | Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, prominent leader in Maharashtra and former Chief Minister of Mumbai province, passed away. |
| 7/29/1991 | Vazhappadi K. Ramamurthy, Union Labour Minister, resigns on account of differences on Cauvery water issue. |
| 11/11/1998 | V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai. |
| 1/5/1998 | 60 are killed as the Bareilly-Varanasi passenger train rammed the Kashi Viswanath Express near Hardoiin, Uttar Pradesh. |
| 5/18/1912 | Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay. |
| 9/24/1994 | At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat. |
| 7/23/1956 | India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak. |
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