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Historical Event on 1/30/1999

Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/30/1995CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan.
1/11/1994Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy.
12/13/1772Narayan Rao became the Peshwa at Satara.
5/1/199560 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet.
11/3/1961Gold Bond scheme was started to boost Indian economy after Indo-China war.
1/1/199730-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect.
12/5/2000Postal staff go on a nationwide indefinite strike which the Government termed as 'illegal'.
10/31/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award.
10/3/1999India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore.
6/29/1873Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, first Bengali modern poet, died.