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Historical Event on 1/30/1948

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting.

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6/15/1899Roy Chowdhury Devipasad, modern Indian sculptor and painter, was born.
1/1/1988The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA.
3/22/1969The first public sector petrochemical organisation was inaugurated.
3/1/1992Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away.
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
3/20/1993Memon brothers, the prime suspects in the Bombay bomb blasts, escape from Dubai.
11/14/1959Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone.
10/10/197761 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini.
7/11/1994Delhi IG (prisons) Kiran Bedi wins Magsaysay Award for public service.