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Historical Event on 4/13/1889
Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/2/1946 | Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal), modern Bengali poet and critic, passed away. |
11/8/1968 | Jansattak Party established. |
10/10/1998 | Justice Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand was appointed as the Chief Justice of India. |
6/1/1998 | Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget. |
1/20/1999 | Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award. |
6/8/1948 | Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom. |
8/1/1920 | Under the leadership of Gandhi, the non-cooperation movement was launched against Lord Chelmsford. ""Firmness in truth,"" was his strategy of noncooperation and non-violence against India's Christian British rulers. Later, he resolved to wear only 'dhoti' to preserve homespun cotton and simplicity, followed with grassroots agitation. This began with renunciation of honorary titles like 'Sir' given by the British. Thereafter, it was followed by the boycott of legislatures, elections and other Government works. Foreign clothes were burnt and Khadi became a symbol of freedom. The movement was a great success despite firing and arrests. By the end of 1921, all important national leaders, except Gandhi, were in jail, along with 3000 others. However, in February 1922, at Chaurichaura, Uttar Pradesh, violence erupted and Gandhi called off the movement. He was imprisoned and the movement was over. |
5/4/1998 | India is placed on the US Special 309 watch list. |
4/4/1991 | Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel JD (Gujarat)-to contest the elections with poll understanding with Congress (I). |
5/15/1993 | K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93. |
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