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Historical Event on 1/30/1903

Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1928Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born.
11/5/1892John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford.
4/18/1930Surya Sen alias Masterda attacked on Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army.
3/17/1987Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak.
1/18/1971Barrister Nath Pai, freedom fighter and member of parliament, passed away at the age of 49.
2/3/1995The Transplantation of Human Organs Act, notified after 7 months of Presidential assent, becomes enforceable.
8/15/1997IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.
10/29/1920Jamia Milliya Islamia was founded by Dr. Jakir Husain and his collegues at Aligarh. 'Khilafat' and the Non- Cooperation Movement were an integral part of policy animating.
4/6/1992Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started.
8/27/1998India's cricket sensation Sachin Tendulkar has an audience with the legendary Sir Don Bradman at the latter's 90th birthday celebrations in Adelaide.