January 30 Today in Indian History
Historical Events Assassination 1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Hindu extremist Nathuram Godse Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi World Record 1994 Kapil Dev takes 2/41 as India beats Sri Lanka by an innings and 95 runs in 2nd Cricket Test in Bengaluru; equals Sir Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wickets Cricketer Kapil Dev Cricketer Richard Hadlee More Indian History Famous Birthdays 1889 Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist, born in Varanasi, India (d. 1937) 1910 Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian politician, born in Pollachi taluk (d. 2000) 1913 Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Indian painter described as the “Indian Frida Kahlo" and "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century", born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1941) Famous Deaths Mahatma Gandhi 1948 Mahatma Gandhi [Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi], Indian independence activist and spiritual leader, assassinated in New Delhi ...