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Historical Event on 5/21/1930
A raid of nationalists on salt works in Dharasana results in 630 casualties and the arrest of Mrs. Naidy, leader of the civil disobedience campaign.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/25/1996 | DMK-led coalition ministry headed by R.V. Janakiraman sworn in Pondicherry. |
8/15/1947 | Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta. |
10/24/1975 | Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance |
3/6/1961 | India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay. |
2/1/2000 | The Centre decides to place almost all items under the automatic approval route for foreign direct investment and NRI and OCB investments. |
8/18/1991 | 12 LTTE militants commit suicide. |
9/17/1892 | Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, social reformer, revolutionary and poet, was born in Shillong. |
6/23/1895 | Kali Charan Ghosh, great Hindi writer, was born at Calcutta. |
10/2/1910 | Frank C. Brown, educationist and social worker, was born. |
10/15/1990 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour. |
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