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Historical Event on 11/30/1920

N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
10/20/1947First battle between India and Pakistan.
8/20/1905Lord George Curzon reigned as the Viceroy of India. He was then replaced by Lord Minto II, the Earl of Minto.
1/14/1990India and Maldives scrap visas.
6/18/1997Prakash Padukone launches IBC.
5/17/1927A.N. Radhakrishnan, great educationist, was born.
9/24/1873Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'.
11/25/1962Dasganu (Ganesh Dattatreya Sahastrabuddhe), modern Marathi saint and poet, passed away.
8/4/1997Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo).
6/15/1982Supreme Court rules that all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to public education.