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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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9/2/1956Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India).
11/27/1962Britain agreed to supply arms to India.
10/22/1913Harumal Sadarangani, famous Sindhi writer, was born at Sind, Pakistan.
1/31/1992The Securities and Exchange Board of India given statutory power as an autonomous body.
11/16/1991Madhukar Karekar, famous journalist, died
1/1/1986This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"".
8/9/1893Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi story writer and novelist, was born at Bihar in a middle class family.
8/11/2000Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away.
8/11/2000Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
3/9/1996India wins India-Pakistan World Cup Quater Final cricket match in Bangalore (Wills World Cup). This was the last international match played by Javed Miandad.