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Historical Event on 8/30/1979

Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/23/1992Indian-designed pilotless target aircraft 'Lakshya' successfully tested.
8/30/1928Jawaharlal Nehru lays his plans for a free India and becomes president of Congress Party in 1929.
5/5/1989Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away.
6/14/1958Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin.
6/14/1958Royal Charter forms the East India Company, setting in motion a process that ultimately results in the subjugation of India under British rule.
3/26/1990Maniben Patel, daughter of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, passed away.
6/1/1998Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget.
7/26/1994Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal.
11/16/1986Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore.
8/4/1894Narayan Sitaram Phadke, famous Hindi writer, was born at Karjat.