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Historical Event on 4/1/1930

Government announced 15 yrs and 18 yrs as minimum marriageable age for girls and boys. This is presently remodified.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1960Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s.
5/1/1960Old Bombay province was divided between Maharashtra and Gujrat States.
8/25/1997Forest outlaw Veerappan seeks more time to decide on his surrender as per the terms of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka government.
7/24/1997Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities.
3/12/1992India and the US decide to hold joint naval exercises in the Indian ocean.
1/3/1871Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.
7/21/1907Gulam Mohamad Bakshi, former Prime Minister Jammu and Kashmir, was born.
10/24/1789Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born
7/5/1916Indian Women's University was established at Hingne near Poona by Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve with just four students. After 1920, it was renamed as Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Indian Women's University.
3/5/1868Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar alias Save Dada, who filmed the felicitation function of Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye, was born. This film was titled as ""The Fresh Indian Regular of Cambridge University."" He was the First Short Documentary Film Maker of India.