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Historical Event on 3/1/1905

Karmaveer Bhausaheb Hire was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/2000Mohan Bagan lifts title in the National Football league in Calcutta.
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4/15/1926Gurvel Singh Pannu, famous Hindi writer, was born in Lauhka, Punjab.
6/30/1999The first ever direct bus service between India and Bangladesh gets delayed due to heavy rain.
10/23/1997I.K. Gujral, PM, leaves for Edinburgh to attend Commonwealth Heads of Govt. Meeting.
3/22/1907Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament.
6/9/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India ends.
9/11/1991Tax concessions announced.
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