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Historical Event on 6/4/1903

Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1916Indian Women's University was established at Hingne near Poona by Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve with just four students. After 1920, it was renamed as Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Indian Women's University.
10/19/1888Namakkal Kavignar, Gandhian poet and painter, was born at Mohanur in Salem.
8/18/1920Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding.
5/16/1975Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory.
6/19/1966Shiv Sena was established.
7/9/1996A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial.
6/3/1895Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, historian and Indian diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance), was born.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
6/12/1960783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.
7/13/1947An Indian Independence Bill was moved in the British Parliament on 4th July 1947 which became an 'Act' on 13th July 1947. Two Boundary Commissions under Sir Cyril Radcliff were appointed to demarcate the boundaries of Punjab and Bengal.