Today Importance - 30th November
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1759 - Alamgir was murdered by his minister Imad-ul-Mulk.
1858 - Jagdish Chandra Bose, botonist and physics expert, was born at Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh).
1896 - Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children.
1909 - Gandhiji reaches South Africa.
1909 - Ramesh Chandra died.
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Today Importance - 4th December
1915 - Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died.
1920 - N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born.
1974 - India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban.
1982 - World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.
1986 - Sikhs hijack bus, killing 24 at Punjab.
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1988 - Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.
1989 - Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister.
1990 - Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas takes over as Chief of Naval Staff.
1994 - Laxmi Menon, former Foreign state minister, died.
1994 - Mrinalini Desai, freedom fighter and famous litterateur, died.
1995 - G. Umapati, filmmaker, died.
1998 - Ghasiram Yadav (74), member of Parliament representing Alawar in Rajasthan and former MLA and Minister in the State, died in Jaipur.
1998 - Sonia Gandhi names Ashok Ghelot and Sheila Dixit as Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Delhi respectively.
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Today Importance - 6th December
1999 - Prof. M. N. Sromovas, (83), well-known Sociologist in Bangalore, died.
1999 - The disinvestment panel headed by G. V. Ramakrishna demits office after the end of its three-year term.
2000 - Jagdev Singh Talwandi, a former Akali Dal leader, was the unanimous choice as the new SGPC president.
2000 - CBI files fresh cases against JMM MPs Shibu Soren, Simon Marandi and Suraj Mandal on charges of possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.
2000 - Dr. Anil Kakodkar takes charge as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy.
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