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Historical Event on 8/30/1992

The first Indian-built ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) successfully flown in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1961Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.
9/19/2000India remains committed to a unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests, but we will not allow this stand to stand in the way of our protecting India's supreme natural interest,'' said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on his return from the US.
2/14/1985Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
6/14/1990Veerendra Verma sworn in as the new Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh.
8/12/1905Japan, Britain reach an accord determining spheres of influence in Far East; India to remain with the British.
4/14/1944Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
9/26/1979Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal.
8/27/1976Major-General (Kumari) Gertude Ali Ram, the first women General in Indian Army, was appointed as the first Director of Military Nursing Services at the Army Headquarters.
9/12/1934Shantakumar Jagannath Sharma was born in Garhjamula, Distt. Kangra (Himachal Pradesh).
11/18/1997US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in New Delhi. Ms. Albright said she raised the 'all-important issue of terrorism' with Pakistan's top leadership.