ON 30 AUGUST IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on August 30, 2019
1569: Birth of Jahangir, Mughal emperor who died on November 7 1627
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahangir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkAJ0uTbmOs
1574: Guru Ram Das becomes the Fourth Sikh Master
http://www.sikhs.org/guru4.htm
1659 : Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan’s son Dara Shikoh is put to death by his younger brother Aurangzeb
http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/article598094.ece
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/30th-august-1659-dara-shikoh-is-put-to-death-by-aurangzeb
http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Dara_Shikoh
1842: During the First Afghan War, an army of 10,000 Afghans formed on the hills to the left of the Kabul road.British forces, lead by Nott attack and force the Afghans off the battlefield with substantial losses
http://britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/kabul-1842.htm
1903: Birth of Bhagwati Charan Verma Indian author who died on October 5, 1981
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Bhagwati+Charan+Verma
1916: Birth of Shailendra, Indian songwriter who died who died on December 14, 1966
http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=518619
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shailendra_(lyricist)
2001: In Nepal, beginning of negotiations with the Maoist rebellion
2015: M. M. Kalburgi, Indian scholar, author, and academic is shot dead, born on November 28, 1938
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/ex-vc-m-m-kalaburgi-who-had-run-ins-with-hardliners-shot/
http://time.com/4016747/mm-kalburgi-india-murder-rationalist-idol-worship-hindu-nationalism/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._M._Kalburgi