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Historical Event on 5/4/1932

Many are arrested as Congress agents picket Bombay post offices in celebration of Gandhi Day.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/16/1989Prem Nazir, famous actor of more than 620 Malayalam films, died at the age of 59 yrs.
8/5/1965Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
1/3/1871Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.
4/3/1932Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan.
10/20/1969Punjabrao Agriculture University established.
9/22/1891Gangopadhyay Taraknath, famous novelist in Bengal, passed away.
3/1/1908A.E.T. Barrow, educationist, was born.
4/2/1992Agajan Baig (Aga), famous Hindi film actor, passed away.
9/27/1873Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, nationalist leader, politician and President of the Central Assembly, was born at Karmasad, Gujarat.