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Historical Event on 5/5/1930

Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1928Madhavrao Gadkari, great litterateur and editor, was born.
12/12/1905Mulkraj Anand, Indo-Anglian novelist and critic of international repute, was born in Peshawar, Pakistan.
7/23/1918Saraswati Devi (Smt) Illindala, great Hindi writer, journalist and social worker, was born at Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh.
8/9/1971Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died.
1/20/1684Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese.
1/20/1684Mughals capture Ahmednagar.
5/1/1987The Bofors Deal.
7/27/1941Japanese forces land in Indo-China.
7/7/1998India wins Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy defeating Sri Lanka by six runs in the final at Colombo. New Zealand was the third team in the fray.
9/26/1956Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great social reformer, industrialist, patriot and founder of the Kirloskar Industries, passed away at the age of 88.