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Historical Event on 5/30/1977

Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
4/21/1938Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away.
5/22/1953Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Darjeeling and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand were the first to conquer the Mount Everest (World).
4/22/1999Lok Sabha passes the 1999-2000 general budget through voice vote but without a debate and without amendments.
7/27/1994Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses.
3/30/1929Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London.
3/17/1943Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma.
7/6/1995Five foreign tourists trekking in Kashmir 10 km uphill from Pahalgam were abducted by militants.
1/24/1870Muddan, famous Kannad poet and novelist, was born.
6/3/1915Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.