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Historical Event on 8/30/1979
Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'.

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1/1/1879	Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born.
2/6/1966	Madurai Kamraj University established.
4/1/1944	Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India.
8/2/1942	Gandhi says that the Japanese might be welcomed in India should they invade due to current Indian discontent.
7/16/1992	Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President.
12/25/1997	India-Sri Lanka one-day cricket match at Indore abandoned after three overs owing to a bad state of the pitch, which was a rare occurance.
11/10/1991	South Africa's first cricket One-day international since 1970 vs India.
3/1/1910	The Dalai Lama is welcomed in Darjeeling.
10/23/1985	Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN.
10/14/1980	S. N. Banerjee, cricketer--one Test for India and 249 runs 10th wkt stand on tour, died.

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