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Historical Event on 6/30/1834

Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1907Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament.
11/6/1988The graduated use of force finally compelled the rebels to surrender and the personnel of Godavari then took over. When psychological pressure did not succeed, warning shots were fired by both the naval ships.
2/10/1961P. L. Deshpande played first solo drama 'Batatyachi Chawl'.
8/13/1997Supreme Court lays down guidelines and norms for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment at work places.
4/15/1956A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
6/1/1959The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
8/25/1992Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio.
12/5/1898Josh Malihabadi, famous Urdu poet, was born.