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Historical Event on 4/30/1909
Kirpal Prem Nath, educationist, was born at Moga (Punjab).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/6/1935 | Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India. |
| 11/18/1978 | Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away. |
| 8/10/1995 | Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away. |
| 5/2/1985 | Banarsidas Chaturvedi, famous writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 1/1/1989 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"". |
| 2/20/1987 | Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union. |
| 7/1/1902 | K. S. Ranjit Singh ""Ranji"" scored 230 runs as the captain and Newham (153). They added 344 runs for 7th wkt at Sussex vs Essex. |
| 1/10/1993 | Advani, Joshi released on court orders. |
| 4/4/1905 | More than 10,000 people are feared to have perished in an earthquake that hit the northeast Indian province of Lahore during the night. The town of Dharmsala was almost completely razed to the ground with the entire population rendered homeless and sleeping out in icy conditions. Five hundred Gurkha soldiers were buried alive when their stonebuilt barracks collapsed on them. The towns of Kangra and Palampur have also been leveled to the ground by the worst natural disaster measured at 8 on Ricter Scale. In Lahore, 70 Hindus were killed, Muslim inhabitants were parading in the streets, weeping and offering up prayers with ceremonial rites. Several British administrators and missionaries were known to have been killed or injured. At Simla, Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy, had a close escape from death when a chimney crashed into the room in which she was sleeping. |
| 7/26/1910 | Unrest flares up in the Deccan region of India. Demand grows for self-determination. |
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