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Historical Event on 12/1/1921
Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
| 5/11/1999 | Centre removes the West Bengal Governor A. R. Kidwai. The Arunachal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad had also been asked to step down. |
| 9/4/1895 | Siyaramsharan Gupt was born. |
| 4/16/1962 | Third Lok Sabha constituted after the third general election in India. J. L. Nehru forms the third Congress ministry. |
| 5/10/1985 | P. N. Bhagawati appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. |
| 12/31/1706 | Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674. |
| 11/20/1947 | Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi. |
| 12/24/1987 | Dr. M.G.Ramachandran, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, died. He was 70 yrs. He was posthumously awarded the 'Bharat Ratna' by the President of India. (17-1-90). |
| 9/11/1921 | Subramania Bharati, freedom fighter, Tamil poet and editor, passed away at an early age of 39. |
| 3/22/1932 | Indian Muslims break with Great Britain. |
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