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Historical Event on 7/13/1905
Gandhiji opposes Bengal Partition, supports boycott of British goods. During Gokhale Lajpat Rai's deputation to Britain, he appeals to Colonial statesmen to treat India ""an integral part of the Empire"" with consideration. Sanjeevan, weekly from Calcutta, also raised the motto to boycott British Goods.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/21/1941 | Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India. |
| 10/16/1971 | David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere. |
| 8/26/1927 | Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta. |
| 1/3/1871 | Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died. |
| 10/9/1970 | Production of Uranium 233 started at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Bombay. |
| 1/8/1968 | The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language. |
| 4/11/1997 | 10-month-old Deve Gowde govt. at the centre voted out of power. 292 voting against the motion of confidence in Lok Sabha, 158 for it, 6 abstaining. |
| 4/8/1887 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born. |
| 7/22/1993 | Swiss Justice ministry reveals that Hindujas, Quatrocchi and Win Chadha are among the seven appellants fighting to prevent the transfer of Bofors pay off names to India. |
| 9/22/1999 | India asks Pakistan to prevent the reported attempt by the JKLF to cross the Line of Control (LOC) on October 4. |
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