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Historical Event on 6/13/1931

Gandhi to live in a garret amongst the poor in London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1931Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back.
7/27/1927Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born.
4/25/1976India all out for 97 vs West Indies because five men absent hurt.
3/6/1947Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.
3/25/1911L. D. Swamikannu publishes ""Manual of Indian Chronology"" in Bombay.
4/14/1944Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
6/23/1935Ram Kolarkar, famous marathi author and editor, was born.
5/29/1991P.V. Narasimha Rao elected President of Congress (I).
7/29/1891Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur and Hindi writer, passed away in Calcutta.
7/29/1891Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.