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Historical Event on 3/12/1942

British troops vacate the Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/16/1921Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river.
12/16/1921The famous Vijaynagar Hindu Empire established (1336-1565-1646), Deccan region of South India is founded. European visitors are overwhelmed by the wealth and advancement of its 17-square-mile capital.
11/27/1999BJP suspends former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Singh from the primary membership of the Party for defying Mr. Vajpayee.
1/19/1919Omprakash Mehra, former Indian Air Chief Marshal and former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
6/3/1930George John Fernandes, social reformer and politician, was born in Mangalore (Karnataka).
3/12/1930Mahatma Gandhi started Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad to break salt law. This march stretched of 375 km. was covered in 26 days with 78 followers. The whole of India joined the campaign to boycott foreign goods and refused to pay taxes. Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan or Frontier Gandhi started Khudai Kidmatgar movement in the North-West Frontier. The Government went back to its brutal force and about 90,000 people were imprisoned within a year. In Peshawar, the Gharwal regiment refused to shoot a demonstrator. In Nagaland Rani Gaidilita, a 13 year old girl raised the flag against the Britishers and was put into life imprisonment in 1932. Nehru hearing this uttered A day will come when India will remember her and Cherish her. She was released after Independence.
1/11/1996Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi.
10/10/1998Justice Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand was appointed as the Chief Justice of India.
3/30/1699Guru Govind Singh the 10th Guru of Sikh's established 'Khalsa Panth'.
8/21/1978Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets.