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Historical Event on 9/3/1916

Annie Besant started 'Home Rule' movement.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1903Pareshchandra Bhattacharya, former Gonerner of Indian Reserve Bank, was born.
9/7/1955All India Council of Secondary Education set up by the Government.
3/11/1948SS Jal Usha, the first ocean-going steamer made in India, was launched from Visakhapatnam.
8/17/1986In the Jehovah's Witnesses' case, the Supreme Court rules that ""singing National Anthem is not obligatory"".
12/30/1935Lord Reading, former Viceroy and Governor General of India, died at the age of 76 at UK.
5/26/1945Vilasrao Dagdojirao Deshmukh, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
1/29/1983Indira Gandhi names 12 new ministers as Cabinet resigns.
2/12/2000Ashok Shandilya wins the men's title in the National Billiards championship in Bangalore.
5/29/1992Agni-India's IRB missile successfully test-fired from Orissa coast for the first time since May 22, 1989.
4/19/1998Jayalalitha, AIADMK leader, demands that all ''tainted leaders'' be dropped by the Vajpayee Government or that Sedapatti R. Muthiah be taken back.