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Historical Event on 5/5/1930
Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/16/1921 | Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river. |
| 5/19/1908 | Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born. |
| 9/24/1932 | Poona Pact' was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. This historical agreement allowed increased representation for untouchables. Also, Gandhi ended his fast. |
| 1/20/1952 | Vasant Patankar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 11/8/1947 | Junagadh accedes to India. Addresses A.I.C.C. |
| 1/2/1973 | General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall. |
| 9/20/1944 | Rameshchandra Saxena, a one Test batsman (India vs England 1967), was born in Delhi. |
| 4/21/1946 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971). |
| 4/5/1989 | Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati litterateur, died. |
| 9/12/1962 | Raghav Rangayya, famous Hindi poet, story writer and novelist, died. |
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