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Historical Event on 4/12/1942
Nehru pledges 'no surrender' to the Axis despite the rejection of Britain's plans at New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/24/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi released from jail. |
| 12/19/2000 | A massive blaze guts Mehboob Studio, one of the oldest in Mumbai city. |
| 2/16/1968 | Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. |
| 10/20/1905 | Mohansing Mahir, famous modern Punjabi poet, was born. |
| 1/10/1963 | Gold Control Measures Plan was started by the Government of India. |
| 4/1/1954 | Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960. |
| 1/28/1984 | Sohrab Meherwanji Modi, famous drama and film producer, director and actor, passed away. |
| 12/23/1889 | Mehr Chand Mahajan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 9/18/1932 | A Hindu delegation is given permission to interview Gandhi, currently held in prison and undertaking a hunger strike. On arrival, they also find he has taken a vow of silence. |
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