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Historical Event on 12/13/1772
Narayan Rao became the Peshwa at Satara.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel. |
8/22/1987 | Aircraft carrier ship of Indian Navy 'Virat' joined in fleet. |
3/5/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June. |
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. |
5/14/1999 | Gurucharan Singh Tohra is expelled from Shiromani Akali Dal. |
3/3/1919 | Hari Narayan Apte, famous Marathi novelist, passed away. |
6/5/1882 | Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned. |
1/19/1905 | Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away. |
5/14/1972 | Fighting between Indian and Pakistani forces along the Kashmir border reported. |
9/12/1971 | Jaikishen, famous Hindi film music director, died. |
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