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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 |
| 2/21/1987 | Pakistan President Gen. Zia visits India. |
| 11/12/1880 | Senapati Bapat (Pandurang Mahadev), armed freedom fighter, was born in Parnar (Maharashtra). |
| 10/6/1893 | Meghnad N. Saha, astrophysicist, was born. In 1920, he developed the 'Thermal Ionization Equation', which has remained fundamental in all works on stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra, which are characteristic of the chemical composition of the light source. |
| 3/11/1886 | Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi became the first Indian lady doctor. She passed the MBBS degree from Philadelphia University of America. |
| 1/14/1982 | First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully. |
| 2/21/1899 | Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 7/3/1998 | Kavi Pradeep, Hindi film lyricist, is selected for the 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke award. |
| 9/14/1967 | US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives. |
| 4/18/1612 | Khurram prince was married to Arjumand Banu Begum. |
| 1/26/1929 | Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence. |
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