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Historical Event on 5/30/1999
India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/21/1882 | Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born. |
| 1/21/1922 | Juda Reuben, cricket Test umpire for 10 tests from 1969-77, was born in Mumbai. |
| 7/31/1991 | Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 10/21/1950 | China invades Tibet. |
| 12/7/1989 | Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister. |
| 1/19/1976 | C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died. |
| 6/2/1984 | Army takes control in Punjab as 22 people are killed in Sikh struggle for autonomy. The state is declared a restricted area under the Foreigners' Act. |
| 3/16/1924 | Bhupendranath Basu, great freedom fighter, President of Congress and fluent orator, passed away. |
| 4/24/1858 | Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
| 3/26/1999 | 14 tonnes of heavy water leaked into the second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam during an in-service inspection. |
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