History News Desk !!! Mahatma Gandhi was also one of the major freedom fighters of the freedom struggle. Mahatma Gandhi’s full name is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Walking on the path of truth and non -violence, he forced the British to leave India. Some call him Bapu and some call the Father of the Nation. Both have the same meaning, they are seen as the father of every Indian, who fought for freedom by following the right path and also guided Indians in this war.
A few months after independence, Mahatma Gandhi died on 30 January 1948. That evening, during a prayer at the Gandhi Memorial at Birla House, Nathuram Godse shot Gandhi. The day of January 30 will always be recorded in history as Gandhiji’s death anniversary. Martyr’s Day is also celebrated every year on 30 January along with Gandhiji’s death anniversary. Why is Martyr’s Day celebrated on the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi? Let us know why the day of January 30 is special in history besides Bapu’s death anniversary.
Important events of 30 January
1522 – War between Lubeck and Denmark. 1641 – Portuguese handed over the Gulf of Malakka to the Dutch. 1648 – A peace agreement between Spain and Holland. 1649 – Emperor ‘Charles I’ of England was hanged. 1788 – British prince ‘Charles Edward Stuart’ died in Rome. 1790 – The first boat tested in the Tion River, built as a lifboat. 1902 – The first ‘Anglo -Japanese Treaty’ between Britain and Japan was signed in London about the independence of China and Korea. 1903 – Lord Curzon inaugurated the ‘Imperial Library’ in the Metkaf Hall. 1911 – ‘Canadian Naval Service’ was renamed as ‘Royal Canadian Navy’. 1913 – ‘House of Lords’ rejects Irish Home Rule Bill. 1933 – Adolf Hitler officially takes command of the Chancellor of Germany. 1943 – German army loses from Soviet forces near Stalin Graf. 1948 – Mahatma Gandhi was killed. 1949 – Night Air Mail Service starts. 1957 – The United Nations asks South Africa to reconsider its race piercing policy. 1964 – Army captures power in South Vietnam. 1971 – Kidnapped ‘Foker Friendship Aircraft’ of Indian Airlines. 1972 – Pakistan withdraws its name from ‘Commonwealth’. 1974 – Indian Airlines’s ‘Foker Friendship Aircraft’ is kidnapped. 1979 – A new constitution was formed in Rhodesia, in which blacks get the right to participate in power. 1988 – ‘Narottam Sinhanuk’ resigns in Cambodia. 1989 – US closes its embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. 1991 – The Iraqi army captures a city near the border of Saudi Arabia. 12 American soldiers were killed in this attack. 1997 – Missed in Mahatma Gandhi’s bones Sangam later after forty five years. 2001 – More remedies for rehabilitation to prevent the possibility of an epidemic after the earthquake in Gujarat. The death toll in the earthquake reached 30 thousand. 2003 – Ariel Sharon rejects Arafat’s peace talks proposal. 2005 – 12 people died from bird flu in Vietnam. 72 percent polling in Iraq elections in Iraq. Russia’s Marat Safin won the Australian Open male singles title. 2006 – Israel prohibits the financial aid plan due to Hamas’s victory in Palestine. 2007 – Tata bought the Anglo Dutch Steel Manufacturer Chorus Group for more than $ 12 billion. 2008 – A special Chennai court sentenced Abdul Karim Telgi, the main accused in the famous stamp scam case, 10 years. The high tropical storm in Fiji caused huge havoc. 2009- Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi’s pair reached the final in the mixed double match of Australia Open. 2010 – World number one Roger Federer defeated Britain’s Andy Murray, number one female player Crerena Williams of America defeating Justin Henin of Belgium and the pair of Leander Paes and Zimbabwe’s Kara Black in Australian Open respectively men’s singles, respectively, male singles, respectively. Won women’s singles and mixed doubles titles.
Person born on January 30
1890 – Jaishankar Prasad – Hindi litterateur, major compositions – Kamayani, Chandragupta 1910 – C. Subrahmanyam – “Father of Green Revolution” in India. 1913 – Amrita Shergill – Famous Indian woman painter 1925 – Kailas Sankal – Famous Indian naturalist and conservationist. 1927 – Birth of Olof Palame. 1929 – Ramesh Dev – Indian film actor. 1951 – Prakash Javadekar – is a politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Died on 30 January
2016 – K. V. Krishna Rao – was a former Indian Army Chief. 1530 – Rana Sangram Singh – Mewar. 1948 – Mahatma Gandhi – Father of the Nation 1968 – Makhan Lal Chaturvedi – Hindi litterateur 1960 – Nathuram lover – famous writer, poet, linguist and editor. J.C. Kumarappa – was an economist from India.
Important opportunities and celebrations of 30 January
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