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Historical Event on 1/30/1996

The new (reconstituted) Scientific Advisory Board of the ICMR met on January 30-31, 1996.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1947Kundanlal Saigal, famous film star and unique singer, died at Jalandhar.
1/22/1986Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.
7/28/1914Japanese boat 'Kamagata Maru' was compelled to deport to India from Vancouver, Canada. The ship was boarded with active freedom fighters who were against the British Government.
9/1/1913Snehangshu Kanta Acharya, politician, social reformer, lawyer and athelete, was born.
12/12/2000A special court for CBI cases rejects Hinduja brothers' plea and summons them to appear on January 19, 2001.
2/18/1836Swami Ramakrishna Paramahansa(1836-86), was born early morning in Kamarpukur village in Hooghly district, West Bengal. His real name was Gadadhar Chatterji. He was God-intoxicated Bengali Shakta saint, Guru of Swami Vivekananda. He exemplified the bhakti dimension of 'Shakta Universalism'.
7/31/1919Hemchandra ""Hemu"" Ramchandra Adhikari, cricketer (right-handed batsman 1947-59), was born in Baroda.
4/18/1926Padmakar Ganesh Chitle, famous Marathi novelist, was born.
12/15/1997Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University.
3/17/1987Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak.