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Historical Event on 1/30/1911
Gajananrao Joshi, famous violin player and singer of ""Gwalior Gharana"", was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/10/1918 | Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford. |
| 8/2/1953 | Baldev Ramji Mirdha ""Kisan Kesari"", great social worker, leader and politician, died in harness while going to address a Kisan Conference. He also played a vital role in formation of Rajasthan. |
| 8/2/1953 | Malik Kafur, Alauddin Khilji's Commander, won the impregnable fort of Devgiri. The fort was entered by the enemy. Raja Ramdeva was taken prisoner and sent to Delhi where Alauddin recieved him untill his death in 1312. |
| 7/8/1958 | Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857. |
| 12/16/1960 | Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away. |
| 8/23/1872 | Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, leader, social reformer and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, was born at Kanuparthi village in Ongole district in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 9/20/1928 | Narayan Guru ""Nanu"" of Kerala entered in maha Samadhi. His teachings are held in great reverence even today. |
| 8/7/1887 | Kasturi Shriniwas Iyengar, politician and journalist, was born. |
| 3/28/1914 | Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement. |
| 8/16/1958 | Pather Panchali' won the top five awards, including feature length motion picture, and got a honorary mention at the Vancouver International Film Festival. |
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