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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
4/17/1998BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.
3/29/1849Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar.
10/5/1989Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).
10/22/1796Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace.
8/13/2000The Government announces the opening up of the national long distance communication segment with no restriction on the number of players.
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.
9/14/1868Swami Virjanand, Sanskrit grammar litterateur and master, passed away at the age of 90.
7/4/1999S. Vijayalakshmi won the National women's `A' chess championship with a round to spare in Kozhikode.
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.
9/22/1992Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail.