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Historical Event on 6/30/1997

Joginder Singh, CBI Director, was given marching orders bringing his 11-month-old controversial tenure to sudden end. R. C. Sharma, Special Director, took over.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/10/1966Parliament approved the Punjab Re-organisation Bill for the formation of Haryana and Punjab as two independent states.
2/20/1947British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.
6/11/1998Chetak helicopter of IAF rescued a Border Security Force Jawan stuck waist deep in quicksand.
12/12/1999R. K. Raghavan, CBI Director, said the agency will be ready for probe again in Priyadarshini Matto murder case.
2/24/1899Maheshchandra Burjorjee Bilimoria, film distributor, was born.
3/1/1962Gaya University renamed as Magadh University.
3/26/1990Sangma Ministry quits in Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh is new CM.
12/13/1999The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border.
2/25/1976India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children.
5/23/1967South Gujrat University was established.