Today Importance - 30th September

Today Importance - 30th September

30-September-1207

Famous Muslim Sufi poet Rumi was born.

30-September-1687

Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda Fort near Hyderabad from the Qutb Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the betrayal of his general Panni.

30-September-1881

Raja Annamalai Chettiar, the famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, was born in Kannadukattam, Tamil Nadu.

30-September-1894

Gandhian leader Ranganath Ramchandra Diwakar was born.

30-September-1900

Former Union Minister Mohammad Ali Chagla was born.

30-September-1916

Jagan Nath Bhardwaj, social activist and trade unionist, was born in Chartgarh, Himachal Pradesh.

30-September-1922

The great historian and writer Bakshish Singh Nijjar was born in Domeli village (Punjab).

30-September-1943

Famous writer and journalist Ramanand Chattopadhyay passed away.

30-September-1961

Chandrakant Sitaram Pandit, occasional Indian cricket wicket-keeper (late 80s), born in Bombay.

30-September-1963

USSR openly exposed Indian stand on Kashmir issue. This was against the intentions of Pakistan.

30-September-1972

Pakistani soldiers opened fire in Indian territory Kashmir.

30-September-1981

Pakistan commando troops freed 66 hostages from five Khalistan hijackers and Dal Khalsa International cadres in Lahore.

30-September-1989

India's first indigenously built submarine INS Shalki was launched in Bombay.

30-September-1990

Former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal submitted his resignation letter.

30-September-1992

Laurie Baker won the UN World Habitat Award of Rs 25 lakh.

30-September-1996

The Center has approved the decision of the Tamil Nadu government to change the name of Madras to Chennai.

30-September-1996

Dr. A.T. Sri Lankan social scientist Ariyaratne received the Gandhi Peace Prize in 1996.

30-September-1996

PVN Rao, who appeared in the court in the Pathak fraud case, has got relief.

30-September-1996

Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh in the first phase.

30-September-1997

The 24th Stock Exchange of India was established in Trivandrum.

30-September-1997

At least 20 civilians were killed and more than 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops in Kargil town of Jammu and Kashmir.

30-September-1997

General VP Malik is taking over as Army Chief from General Shankar Roy Chowdhury.

30-September-1999

India successfully test-fired multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'.

30-September-1999

Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran K.K. Birla Establishment Cooperation in Near Indian Writing.

30-September-1999

Prime Minister AB Vajpayee urged people to give him a five-year term at an election campaign in Lucknow.

30-September-2000

General S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Army Chief from General VP Malik.

30-September-2000

India's Priyanka Chopra (18) won the Miss World beauty pageant.

30-September-2000

Government Dr. D.P.S. Seth has been appointed CMD of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.