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Historical Event on 6/30/1914
Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/16/1997 | Dr. Datta Samant, Trade Union leader, shot dead in Mumbai. |
| 4/1/1882 | Savings Bank Postal system was introduced. |
| 11/6/1985 | Sanjeev Kumar, film actor, died. |
| 12/24/1998 | A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces increased cash awards for Asian Games medallists. |
| 9/15/1947 | Gandhi deplores the idea of population transfer. |
| 9/16/1967 | Tibetan, Indian and Chinese troops engage in fighting at Natu La pass on the Tibet-Sikkim border. |
| 4/15/1919 | British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab. |
| 9/14/1992 | Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives. |
| 5/12/1952 | Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. |
| 2/7/1983 | Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta . |
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