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Historical Event on 4/1/1930

Government announced 15 yrs and 18 yrs as minimum marriageable age for girls and boys. This is presently remodified.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/16/1993Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.
12/23/1926Swami Shradhanand, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker and politician, was assassinated by a revolver shot that was fired by a young Muslim Abdul Rashid.
3/31/1993Kidnapped cardiac surgeon Dr. Abdul Ahad Guroo killed in Srinagar.
6/19/1966Shiv Sena was established.
1/23/1809Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Khinda village in the north of Sambalpur at Orissa.
7/13/1905Gandhiji 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.
10/16/1992Capt. P. K. Sahgal of Azad Hind Fauz died. During the trial at the Red Fort, he said, "Beacuse I wanted freedom for my motherland , I was ready to shed my blood for it." (15-5-97
1/14/1773Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born.
2/15/1920Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta.
6/17/1862Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died.