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Historical Event on 6/30/1914

Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/12/1897Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll).
7/4/1914Savlaram Ravji Patil (P. Savlaram), film lyrisist and story writer, was born.
8/9/1911Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay.
1/6/1948Security Council takes up India's complaint charging Pakistan with aggression in Kashmir.
6/11/1983Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89.
8/15/1997Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500.
11/6/1904Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born.
2/20/1997RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks.
7/28/1972India and Pakistan sign Simla Pact, settling border dispute in Kashmir.
3/15/1901Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games.