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Historical Event on 1/12/1966

Shiri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), great freedom fighter, nationalist leader, social reformer, lawyer, prolific writer and politician, passed away.

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7/31/1992Thailand Airlines crashed in Himalayan Range, 113 persons died.
7/8/1996U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections.
1/4/1932Mahatma Gandhi and other members of his All-India National Congress are back in jail again. After the collapse of the London conference, British authorities cracked down even harder on Gandhi and his followers, and the Mahatma urged Indians to increase their acts of civil disobedience. ""Wake up from sleep,"" Gandhi said as he ordered a boycott of British goods. ""Discard foreign cloth. Discard narcotics. Discard violence. Defy all orders calculated to crush the national spirit."" The government declared Gandhi's Congress an illegal organization. Under new laws, even peaceful picketing is illegal. The Congress party responded to the crackdown by recruiting more followers and striking more plants.
1/3/1997Jayalalitha, former Tamil Nadu CM, inprisoned for 27 days, released on bail.
9/21/1999Mr. A. C. Muthiah was elected president and Kapil Dev the senior coach at the Board of Control of Cricket in India AGM in Jaipur.
4/16/1918Lalita Pawar, famous actress of Indian film industry, was born.
2/1/194217 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees.
6/25/1945Lord Vevil talk to the Indian political leaders.
4/21/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Saint Samarth Ramdas Swami.
11/13/1901War Secretary Brodrick claimed that Boers were killing natives in large numbers. He intended to withdraw troops from India to fight in S. Africa at London.