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Historical Event on 4/30/1996

CBI concludes after 11 1/2 years of investigation that no espionage has taken place in what was dubbed the `ISRO spy scandal case'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/27/1887Sardar Davar Tehmuras Kavasji, social worker and lawyer, was born.
12/1/1985Rajiv Gandhi concludes the first official visit to Japan by an Indian Prime Minister at Tokyo.
4/26/1990V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh.
1/12/1934Surya Sen (Master Da), revolutionary leader of the Indian Republican Army, who attacked the armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army, was hanged at Chittgong Jail by the Britishers.
11/30/1909Gandhiji reaches South Africa.
9/6/1889Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, journalist and leader, was born.
5/16/1996Atal Krishna Behari Vajpayee, leader of Bharatiya Janta Party, becomes the 10th Prime Minister for 13 days (from May 16, 1996 to May 28, 1996 [techinally till 01-06-1996]), although his ability to govern effectively is in doubt.
2/18/1931Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born.
3/1/1919Mahatma Gandhi announced his desire to start 'Satyagraha' against proposed Rowlatt Act meant to curb civil and political liberties.
4/28/1945Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969), was born in Bombay.