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Historical Event on 11/30/1982

World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/28/1975Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
8/18/1985Assam Assembly dissolved (18).
9/5/1998University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike.
2/10/1910Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born.
12/20/1904Virendranarayan Chakravorthy, former Indian Ambassador in England and Governor of Haryana, was born.
8/18/1920Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding.
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
10/23/1999A Boeing 707 carrying Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and his entourage lands safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai following a suspected tyre burst.
10/31/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award.
1/26/1961Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.