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Historical Event on 3/8/1930

Mahatma Gandhi started civil disobedience movement continues in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/24/1918Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born.
3/28/1978Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born.
4/15/1932Suresh Shridhar Bhat, famous poet, was born.
5/12/1997Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan agree to set up joint working groups on a range of issues to be identified by Foreign Secretaries.
1/17/1993LTTE commander Sadasivan Krishnakumar alias Kittu was killed in a ship blaze off Madras coast.
8/27/1990The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections.
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
9/22/1999Former Test all-rounder Chandu Borde was re-appointed chairman of National Selection Committee on Day two of the BCCI AGM in Jaipur.
4/18/1930Surya Sen alias Masterda attacked on Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army.
6/23/1942Jabbar Patel, film producer, was born.