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What Happened Today In History?
Find out what happened on 30th November in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred on 30th November.
Sahabzade Irrfan Ali Khan, previously known as Irrfan Khan and later as just Irrfan in Bollywood movies (born 30 November 1962), is an Indian actor in film, television, and theatre. In India, Khan gained the reputation of a skilled actor from his roles in Bollywood movies such as The Warrior, Maqbool, Haasil, Aan: Men at Work, Rog and The Namesake.
Acharya Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, CSI, CIE, FRS (30 November 1858 – 23 November 1937) was an Indian polymath: a physicist, biologist, botanist, archaeologist, as well as an early writer of science fiction.
Rajiv Radheshyam Dixit was an Indian social activist. He started social movements in order to spread awareness on topics of Indian national interest through the Swadeshi Movement, Azadi Bachao Andolan, and various other works. He served as the National Secretary of Bharat Swabhiman Andolan he is the founder of bharat swabhimaan andolan ] He was a strong believer and preacher of Bharatiyata.
Mehr Jesia Rampal is a former Miss India and an Indian model. Mehr was born into a Parsi family on 30 November 1974. She studied at J.B.Vachha School, Mumbai. She has always shown great interest in sports, and was known to enjoy swimming, badminton, and other sports before she became a model. She married former model and current Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal in 1998.
Janaki Ramachandran popularly known as V.N. Janaki (November 30, 1923 – May 19, 1996), was an Indian Tamil actress and politician. She was born to Rajagopal Iyer and Narayani Amma in the town of Vaikom in Kerala State. She had a brother P. Narayanan who was an educationalist. Her father’s younger brother was Papanasam Sivan.
Death anniversaries on 30th November :
Kuldeep Manak was a noted Punjabi singer from Indian Punjab. He was best known for singing a rare genre of Punjabi music, Kali, also known by its plural from kalian or kaliyan. Manak was born as Latif Muhammad on 15 November 1948, to father Nikka Khan, in the village of Jalal in Bathinda district of East Punjab.
Jimmy George (born March 8, 1955 in Peravoor, died November 30, 1987) is often considered one of the greatest volleyball players of all time. He was the first Indian volleyball player to become a professional and played club volleyball in Italy. Jimmy George was born to the famous Kudakkachira family and learned to play volleyball from his father, a former university-level player.
Mehmud Al-Hasan was an Islamic Scholar who was active against British Rule in India. For his efforts and scholarship he received the title Shaykh-ul-Hind which means Shaykh of India. He was born in 1851 and died on November 30, 1920. Al-Hasan was born in the town of Bareilly (in modern Uttar Pradesh).
Sir Benegal Narsing Rau, CIE or B.N. Rau (b. 26 February 1887 Mangalore, d. 30 November 1953) was an Indian bureaucrat, jurist, diplomat and statesman known for his key role in drafting the Constitution of India. He was also India’s representative to the United Nations Security Council from 1950 to 1952. He was the brother of former Governor of Reserve Bank of India Benegal Rama Rau.
Romesh Chunder Dutt, CIE was an Indian civil servant, economic historian, writer, and translator of Ramayana and Mahabharata. Dutt was born into a distinguished Bengali Kayastha caste family well known for its members’ literary and academic achievements. His parents were Thakamani and Isam Chunder Dutt.
Notable Events:
- 1731 Beijing hit by an earthquake; about 100,000 die
- 1786 Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopold II promulgates a penal reform, making his the 1st state to abolish the death penalty. November 30 commemorated as Cities for Life Day.
- 1974 Most complete early human skeleton (Lucy, Australopithecus) discovered by Donald Johanson, Maurice Taieb, Yves Coppens and Tim White in the Middle Awash of Ethiopia’s Afar Depression