30 September - Day in History of India and Importance

Remember your past achievements and plan for future successes - Narayana Rao





1687 - Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni.

1972 - Pakistani troops shell into the Indian zone of Kashmir

1989 - INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay.

1992 - Laurie Baker wins Rs. 25 lakh UN World Habitat award.

1993 - 20,000 are killed in an earthquake in Latur, Maharashtra.

1996 -The  state of Tamil Nadu changed the name of its capital city from Madras to Chennai.

1997 - At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir.
     - Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.
     India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'.
2000- India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.

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2011
Mahindra launches XUV 500 at Rs. 10.8 Lakh
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mahindra-launches-xuv500-at-rs-10.8-lakh/1/153157.html
News headlines
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/calendar/30-9-2011/online.html

2012
News Headlines http://indiatoday.intoday.in/calendar/30-9-2012/online.html

2013
Lalu Prasad Yadav was found guilty in fodder scam case.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/lalu-prasads-fate-in-fodder-scam-case/1/312359.html



Birthdays

1922 - Hrishikesh Mukherjee (Film Director)
Venugopal Dhoot (Videocon industries)

Advance Study in the History of Modern India (Volume-1: 1707-1803)
 By G.S.Chhabra
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https://books.google.co.in/books?id=UkDi6rVbckoC