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Historical Event on 5/21/1930

A raid of nationalists on salt works in Dharasana results in 630 casualties and the arrest of Mrs. Naidy, leader of the civil disobedience campaign.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1931Gandhi and Viceroy Irwin sign Delhi Pact giving Indians right to make salt if civil disobedience stops.
8/22/1942Harikrishna Kaul (Raja Pandit), administrator and Prime Minister of Jammu Kashmir and Patiyala, died.
12/12/1959Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India.
7/14/1992The Lok Sabha passes a bill seeking to confer on the President the powers of the Legislature of J&K.
10/16/193635 killed in Hindu-Muslim riots at Bombay.
10/2/1994Five die of pneumonic plague in Delhi. Surat toll rose to 47.
9/28/1984First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi.
9/21/1999Mr. A. C. Muthiah was elected president and Kapil Dev the senior coach at the Board of Control of Cricket in India AGM in Jaipur.
4/16/1974Dr. Sarvapalli Radhanakrishnan, former President of India, Philosophist and litterateur, passed away.
3/16/1993Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.