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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
11/18/1936V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, prolific writer and leader, died.
10/10/2000The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo.
12/17/1998P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
1/31/1961Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, first Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
3/12/1967Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India for the second time after winning the General Elections.
6/17/1824Bureau of Indian Affairs established.
5/11/1965The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.
2/10/1946Gandhiji revives 'Harijan' and allied group of weekly journals.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
8/29/1998Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi.