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Historical Event on 3/30/1989

Waman Ganpat Behre `Sobat', editor of weekly, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/11/1998V. 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.
10/14/1910Further unrest took place in Lhasa, Tibet, following the arrest of Dalai Lama's agent by the Chinese on the Chinese frontier with India.
12/7/1995Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2C), third indigenous satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This is still in service. It was launched by Ariane launch vehicle at French Guyana.
10/31/2000Chhattisgarh, the 26th State of Indian Union, comes into existence with the swearing in of its Governor Dinesh Nandan Sahay and Chief Minister Ajit Jogi at a glittering function at Raipur.
7/3/1897Hansa Mehta, educationist and social reformer, was born at Surat (Gujarat).
9/13/1906Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, was born at Sylhet (Bangladesh).
3/1/1901Vaidya Jogeshchandra Banerjee was born.
7/3/1745Ranoji Shinde died.
12/1/1998Dhian Singh (103), freedom fighter dies at Palampur, Himachal Pradesh. He was a member of the Indian National Army and was jailed a number of times during the freedom movement.
4/11/1993Laxmanrao Madhav Bhide, senior freedom fighter and history expert, passed away.