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Historical Event on 12/30/1974

Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1997The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points.
10/10/1954First 'President Award' was awarded to film 'Shyamchi Aai'.
9/17/1999Narayan Desai, Ajoy Kumar Basu and Saraswathi Gora are named for Jamnalal Bajaj awards.
12/10/1999Pranab Mukherjee and Jaipal Reddy are chosen outstanding parliamentarians for 1997 and 1998 respectively.
8/20/1974Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed elected President of India with B. D. Jatti as Vice President.
9/24/1997E. S. Venkataramiah (72), former Chief Justice of India, died in Bangalore.
8/15/1955Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa.
9/22/1996Passport seekers are given an option of 10 years (Rs. 300) or 20 years (Rs. 600) period.
3/24/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
1/12/1869Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi.