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Historical Event on 4/9/1669
Aurangzeb issued a general order all the schools and temples of the infidels.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/21/1922 | V. Rajagopal, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1969-70, was born in Mumbai. |
4/17/1975 | Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras. |
7/21/1962 | Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons. |
4/21/1913 | Preview show of 'Raja Harishchandra' was held on April 21 at Olympia Cinema. |
4/21/1913 | Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat. |
8/1/1920 | Under the leadership of Gandhi, the non-cooperation movement was launched against Lord Chelmsford. ""Firmness in truth,"" was his strategy of noncooperation and non-violence against India's Christian British rulers. Later, he resolved to wear only 'dhoti' to preserve homespun cotton and simplicity, followed with grassroots agitation. This began with renunciation of honorary titles like 'Sir' given by the British. Thereafter, it was followed by the boycott of legislatures, elections and other Government works. Foreign clothes were burnt and Khadi became a symbol of freedom. The movement was a great success despite firing and arrests. By the end of 1921, all important national leaders, except Gandhi, were in jail, along with 3000 others. However, in February 1922, at Chaurichaura, Uttar Pradesh, violence erupted and Gandhi called off the movement. He was imprisoned and the movement was over. |
2/1/1964 | Judge Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 15.03.1966. |
2/18/1992 | 47 die in Tamil Nadu's Kumbakonam Mahamakham stampede. |
5/29/1993 | Ramesh More, Shiv Sena MLA, was murdered. |
2/13/1936 | Dinsha Wachha, great Industrialist and social worker, passed away at Mumbai. |
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