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Historical Event on 8/14/1896
Gandhiji published ""The Green Pamphlet"" at Rajkot and then toured to Bombay, Madras, Poona and Calcutta educating Indians in regard to grievances of South African Indians.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/9/1992 | Killer brew claims 175 lives in Orissa, Excise Minister Prasanna Kumar Acharya resigns. |
| 1/1/1988 | On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking. |
| 1/28/1976 | Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park. |
| 8/28/1733 | Sekhoji (Jaysingrao) Angre, famous naval officer of Maratha navy, passed away. |
| 8/1/1846 | Dwarkanath Tagore, a Hindu philanthropist, died in London. |
| 10/31/1875 | Vallabhbhai Zaverbhai Patel, 'Iron man of India', was born at Nadiad, Gujarat. He was also the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. His father had served in the army of the Rani of Jhansi against Britishers. |
| 1/4/1914 | Indira Sant, famous Marathi poet, was born. |
| 8/22/1922 | Alluri Seetaram Raju inspired and organised the tribals to wage a war against the British. Raju's army raided Chintapalli police station and there was regular warfare between him and the British forces. |
| 2/8/1921 | Chamber prince of a Royal Proclamation was inaugurated. |
| 1/8/1965 | Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History. |
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