30 October: What Happened On This Day in History

Gustoff II Adolf became King of Sweden at the age of 17.

Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, died in Ajmer.

Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born.

Acharya Narendra Deo, educationist, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Sitapur, U.P.

Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Pasumpon village, Tamil Nadu.

Homi Jahangir Bhabha, famous nuclear scientist, was born in Bombay.

The Communist Party of Australia was formed in Sydney.

Word Saving Day.

John Logie Baird creates Britain’s first Television transmitter.

Madhav Vinayak Gothoskar, cricket Test umpire for 14 tests from 1972-84, was born in Mumbai.

Lala Lajpat Rai, a protester of the Simon Commission in Lahore, was beaten by British police.

Dara Nadirsha Dotiwala, cricket Test umpire for 6 tests from 1981-88, was born in Mumbai.

India became a member of the United Nations.

The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan.

The first Spitfires from the Advanced Flying School at Ambala reached Srinagar and were soon engaged in strafing the raiders beyond Pattan. Within a week, the Tempests of No. 7 Squadron were playing a decisive role in the battle of Shelatang which halted the forward momentum of the insurgents.

Pramond Venkatesh Devidas Mahajan was born in Mahaboobnagar (Andhra Pradesh).

Successful transplant of a kidney to a living human was done for the first time.

Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, nationalist, freedom fighter and social worker, died at Madurai.

Shiv Sena’s first Dussehra rally was held at Shivaji Park.

Completion of the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul connects Europe and Asia.

Several people died and many injured as security forces opened fire at a crowd marching towards Ram Janmabhumi/Babari Masjid to perform 'karseva'.

Bansilal Ladda, veteran freedom fighter and law expert, passed away.

Norberto Carvalho, vetern freedom fighter of Goa freedom fight, passed away.

India and China decide to continue peace measures and open more points for border trade.

Swaran Singh, 87, former External Affairs minister, died.

India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership.

CBI chargesheets Rao and six others including Buta Singh and Capt. Satish Sharma in the Rs. 3.5 cr. JMM MPs pay-off case.

Former PM Narasimha Rao appears before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at the Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi, as an accused in the St. Kitts forgery case.

ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate.

Pop star Michael Jackson arrives in Bombay.

Kerala Kaumudi's Kannur edition and Internet edition begin.

G.V.G. Krishnamurthy, former Election Commissioner, seeks enhanced security in the wake of threats to his life.

The Central Ministerial team led by Mr. Advani is prevented from making an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wrecked by the super cyclone.

The 160-page CBI's report on cricket match-fixing names Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma, Manoj Prabhakar and former physiotherapist Dr. Ali Irani for their deep-rooted nexus with betting syndicates. It virtually gives a clean chit to Kapil Dev.

Graded blasts in several parts of Assam including Guwahati. More than 66 people died in it.

Sachin Tendulkar played his last Ranji Trophy match.