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Historical Event on 1/10/1908
Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/22/1986 | Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
| 7/2/1961 | Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex. |
| 2/14/1881 | Rajendra Lal Dutta and M.M.Basu established the first Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital in Calcutta. |
| 12/28/1892 | Dr. Shivajirao Ganesh (Daji Patwardhan), famous social worker and Padmashri awardee, was born. |
| 8/4/2000 | Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the last member of the British royal family to bear the title ''Empress of India'', celebrated her 100th birthday. |
| 3/23/1942 | Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League. |
| 5/20/1994 | Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden. |
| 11/17/1928 | Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore after being seriously wounded in the barbarous lathi charge of 30th October. He is referred as the ""Lion of Punjab"" or ""Punjab Kesari"" and is remembered as freedom fighter, nationalist, educationist, lawyer, thinker, writer, social reformer, orator and a passionate fighter for the revival of the ancient Indian culture and |
| 9/5/1793 | Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of Udaynala. |
| 11/14/1993 | Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away. |
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