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Historical Event on 8/19/1907
Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/19/1907 | Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar. |
5/8/1901 | British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population. |
10/31/1999 | Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award. |
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. |
5/10/1996 | PM P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Council of Ministers resign. |
7/7/1992 | Truckers call off strike. |
4/9/1756 | Ali Bardi Khan of Bengal passed away in Murshidabad. His youngest daughter's son Siraj-ud-Daulah was crowned as King of Bengal when he was merely 20 years old after the death of King Tartar. |
2/13/1994 | Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence. |
3/22/1963 | World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways. |
6/26/1975 | Chaudhary Charan Singh, freedom fighter and Chief Minister of UP, arrested by British Government. |
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