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Historical Event on 4/6/1919

Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1942Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.
6/3/1999Flight Lieutenant K. Nachiketa is handed over by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the Indian High Commissioner inside the High Commission premises.
8/16/1980Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
9/12/1998India, Malaysia sign an agreement on cooperation in science and technology in Kuala Lumpur.
12/25/1954Manvendranath Roy, great patriot, died.
9/18/1967English was adopted the official language of Nagaland .
2/7/1931Shila Kaul, the chief minister of New Delhi, was born.
2/11/1996Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta.
5/3/1971Dhanjay Ramchandra Gadgil, famous economist, passed away.
12/24/1932The third and last Round Table conference on India ends. It was was held in London.