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Historical Event on 11/30/2000

Jagdev Singh Talwandi, a former Akali Dal leader, was the unanimous choice as the new SGPC president.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1890Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, was born.
12/1/1974Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, passed away.
8/3/1900Nana Patil, great revolutionary, was born.
3/27/1845Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and first nobel prize winner, was born at Lennep, Germany.
3/1/1961The first AN-12B arrived in India. This was added in the force because of the increasing frequency of clashes with Chinese forces on the Sino-lndian Himalayan border and the need that these revealed for yet further increase in airlift capability, together with a requirement for medium helicopters suitable for high-altitude operation, orders were placed in the Soviet Union for eight Antonov An- 12B and 24IL-yushin 11- 14 transport aircraft plus 10 Mi-4 helicopters.
4/3/1991UP Assembly dissolved to pave way for Assembly polls .
3/23/1968Atul Satish Wassan, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1989-90), was born in Delhi.
3/14/1995Keshubai Patel (Gujarat), J.B. Patnaik (Orissa) and Manohar Joshi, the 12th (Maharashtra) CMs, elected.
8/3/199835 persons were killed as Govind Towers at Bandra in Mumbai collapsed.
1/26/1950India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth and the Indian Air Force dropped its ""Royal"" prefix. At this time, it possessed six fighter squadrons of Spitfires, Vampires and Tempests, operating from Kanpur, Poona, Ambala and Palam, one B-24 bomber squadron, one C-47 Dakota transport squadron, one AOP flight, a communications squadron at Palam and a growing training organisation.