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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
4/10/1997Announcement of UP's 70th new district to be re-named after Jyotiba Phule.
9/4/1980Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi.
4/23/1994Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, former Indian Union Muslim League president, floats a new party - the Indian National League.
1/23/1920Air transportation began in India by two Royal Air Force planes between Karachi and Bombay, and Air Mail service started.
3/1/1993India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'.
5/18/1945Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972.
8/29/1993Tamil refugees leave Madras for Sri Lanka apparently on their own free will.
5/1/1997Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo.
11/1/1930S. R. Bose, cricket test umpire for one test in 1983-84, was born in Bihar.
9/12/1995Heavy rainfall in the Himalaya region, resulting in landslide, claimed 70 lives near Kullu.