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Historical Event on 3/22/1902
Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/16/1905 | Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement. |
| 7/17/1987 | V. P. Singh announces resignation from Congress; R. Venkataraman elected President of India. |
| 12/12/1930 | Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods. |
| 4/9/1783 | Tipu Sultan drives out English from Bednoor, India. |
| 4/6/1906 | Kaveri Bhaskar Karve, teacher and author, was born at Harnai, Ratnagiri, . |
| 5/28/1992 | Indo-US naval exercises begin. |
| 11/19/1924 | Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab. |
| 2/8/1971 | Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi, writer, administrator, leader and founder of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, died. |
| 8/15/1990 | GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday. |
| 4/10/1993 | Student hijackers of IA plane overpowered in Lucknow. |
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