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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.
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7/27/1959 | Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut. |
3/22/1914 | M. L. Bhowmik, social reformer and politician, was born Kailashahar, Tripura. |
5/14/1923 | Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar, one of the founder members of Indian Congress and social reformer, passed away. |
4/29/1948 | Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away. |
4/19/1995 | Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala. |
7/24/2000 | S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad. |
1/8/1884 | Keshav Chunder Sen, nationalist leader of Bengal, social worker and good orator of Brahma Samaj, passed away at his home in Lily Cottage, Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in our country. He strongly believed that education was the basic necessity to change the society. |
9/16/1997 | Rajeev Balakrishnan sets 100m national mark in the ITC International Athletics meet. |
11/18/2000 | Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, said there would be no cuts in Income Tax rates in the next budget, and signalled that the reforms process will continue. |
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