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Historical Event on 3/30/1908

Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/2000T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
6/7/1974Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis star, was born. He is the winner of French Open 1997 (mixed doubles) and 1999 (doubles) and Wimbledon 1999.
7/7/1910'Bharat History Research Mandal' was established.
11/22/1968Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu.
8/1/1994The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
3/10/1998A. B. Vajpayee agrees to form a government with 252 members including the BJP and it's allies.
9/26/1977Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances.
1/14/1896Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.
8/2/1958Arshad Ayub, cricketer (Indian off-spinner in 13 Tests between 1987-89), was born in Hydrabad.