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Historical Event on 4/6/1897

Gandhiji submits long memorial to Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Colonies, regarding landing incidents background. Carries on programme of petitioning local and Imperial authorities, as well as of communicating with British and Indian public men regarding discriminatory laws.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/3/1907Mansukhlal Maganlal Zaveri, famous Gujrati poet and critic, was born.
2/28/1950The Finance Minister announces the setting up of the Planning Commission with Nehru and Nanda as Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively.
9/21/1995Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi.
12/25/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, launches a Rs.60,000 crore ''Gram Sadak Yojana'' for linking all villages and the ""Antyodaya Anna Scheme'' for providing cheap foodgrains under the TPDS.
8/8/1923Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.
3/30/1994Exim Policy streamlined to attract exporting community.
3/15/1992Dr. Rahi Masum Raza, film screenplay, story and dialogue writer, passed away at the age of 64 years.
9/18/1992Andhra government's order of setting up 12 private medical colleges quashed by a full bench of the High Court.
9/5/1888Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), panentheist, great renaissance philosopher, eminent writer, free India's first vice-president and second president, was born at Tiruttani near Madras.
2/10/1846British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India.