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Historical Event on 3/1/1919

Mahatma Gandhi announced his desire to start 'Satyagraha' against proposed Rowlatt Act meant to curb civil and political liberties.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/26/1966Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet.
5/3/1999Cochin Port Trust men and Southern Railway women won the 21st Federation Cup volleyball titles in Pathanamthitta.
7/2/1993ONGC converted into corporation by ordinance.
12/8/1930British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists.
2/10/1961P. L. Deshpande played first solo drama 'Batatyachi Chawl'.
2/6/1995India and France decide to set up permanent Secretariat in Paris during the Indo-French Joint Business Council in Delhi.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
11/19/1838Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj.
1/21/1993Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17.
9/2/1993Vice Admiral V.S. Shekhawat appointed new naval chief.