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Historical Event on 3/16/1912
Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/2/1930 | Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away. |
| 2/3/1990 | Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was finally arrested in Chakradharpur forest. |
| 9/7/1931 | Meena Mangeshkar, famous playback singer, was born. |
| 12/6/1962 | India closes its consulates in Communist China. |
| 10/1/1995 | Aditya Birla, famous industrialist, died. |
| 4/11/1937 | Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born. |
| 7/21/1911 | Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat. |
| 5/29/1972 | Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 9/28/1924 | In penance for riots, Gandhi, on hunger strike in Delhi, proclaimed he would break his fast only at death. |
| 12/6/1997 | Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands. |
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