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Historical Event on 11/13/1909

Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/20/1986India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.
12/17/1715Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army.
10/13/1679More than 20,000 lives were claimed near Massurla Pattanam city, costal area of South India, in a severe storm.
2/8/1785Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left  India.
12/11/1991Murali Manohar Joshi, BJP President, sets out on 'the Kanyakumari to Kashmir Ekta Yatra' (unity march).
8/23/2000Pronindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, dies of a massive heart attack at the AIIMS, New Delhi.
7/9/199517 Indian mountaineers peaked Jogambha in the Garhwal Himalayas.
10/19/1983Union Government takes over the management of 13 textile undertakings in Bombay; marathon strike in cotton textile industry ends.
1/25/1856Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.