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Historical Event on 8/30/1659
Aurangzeb plotted the death of his brother Dara Shikoh and beheaded him. He was buried in a vault under the dome of Humayun's tomb.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/1/1950 | The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000. |
| 8/20/1991 | Sivarasan and Subha, the main suspects in Rajiv Gandhi case, commit suicide in Bangalore. |
| 8/15/1994 | Sukumar Gupta, a socialist, dies. |
| 2/11/1818 | Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas. |
| 8/5/1994 | Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key accused in 1993's Bombay blast case, was arrested. |
| 12/16/1952 | Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people. |
| 9/6/1972 | Allauddin Khan, famous Sarod player, passed away. |
| 7/1/1997 | Over 23,000 blowdowns completed in 1.2 m tunnel. |
| 1/5/1998 | 60 are killed as the Bareilly-Varanasi passenger train rammed the Kashi Viswanath Express near Hardoiin, Uttar Pradesh. |
| 9/1/1930 | Suhasini Ganguly, freedom fighter, was arrested and send to Hijali Jail for her revolutionery activities. She later lived a low profiled life after release from prision. |
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