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Historical Event on 3/1/1919
Mahatma Gandhi announced his desire to start 'Satyagraha' against proposed Rowlatt Act meant to curb civil and political liberties.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1937 | 1,100 prisoners freed after appeal by Gandhi, his first political act in year. |
| 12/1/1997 | At least 61 persons, including 22 women and 17 children, belonging to SC and extremely backward communities are gunned down by banned private army of feudal landlords, Ranbir Sena, at Bathe-Lakshmanpur village in Bihar's Jehanabad district. |
| 5/26/1885 | Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi playwright, comedy author and poet, was born. |
| 9/26/1923 | Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born. |
| 8/30/1934 | Balkrishna Pandharinath Gupte ""Baloo"", cricketer (brother of Fergie, Indian leggie), was born in Bombay. |
| 8/2/1763 | British troops once again defeated Mir Kasim in 'Giriya' battle. |
| 3/13/1800 | Nana Phadanvis (Balaji Janardan Bhanu), veteran leader of Peshwa Kingdom, died. |
| 4/4/1990 | Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989. |
| 12/5/1999 | India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World. |
| 7/16/1969 | Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet. |
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