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Historical Event on 4/30/1870
Dadasaheb Phalke alias Dhundiraj Gobind Phalke was born at Trymbakeshwar near Nasik, Maharashtra. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra' and founded Phalke & Co. at Bombay. He was a director, producer, writer, editor & laboratorian, portrait photographer and also a scene-painter.
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| 10/29/1851 | British Indian Association was established in Bengal with Radha Kanta Dev as president and Devendranath Tagore as the Secretary. |
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| 2/21/1991 | The President accepts the resignation of 5 cabinet members who were disqualified by the Speaker as per the anti-defection law. |
| 9/1/1947 | Indian Standard Time was adopted. |
| 11/11/1980 | The Hindustan Times says the 'British have reverted to what they basically are & a small, little people with small, little minds inhabiting a small, little island in the Atlantic.' |
| 3/19/1935 | British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23. |
| 8/5/1975 | The RSS, Anand Marg, Jamat-i-Islami, and 23 other organisations were banned. Parliament approved Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA). Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) approved by the Parliament. |
| 7/22/1991 | Pandit Basavraj Rajguru, great singer, passed away. |
| 4/2/1953 | Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist and writer, passed away. |
| 9/2/1956 | Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India). |
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