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Historical Event on 11/13/1909
Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/7/1887 | Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, was born at Dhamrai in Dhaka now in Bangladesh. |
| 4/12/1983 | Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars. |
| 9/29/2000 | India loses to Britain in the play off for the fifth and sixth places in the hockey match at the Sydney Olympics. |
| 12/20/1967 | Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty. |
| 2/8/1897 | Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 6/9/1964 | Lal 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. |
| 6/28/1996 | India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority. |
| 12/1/1931 | The Second Round Table conference that began in London ended. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam, etc. Two committees were setup to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in future constitution. |
| 10/15/1943 | Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. |
| 3/30/1945 | Dr. J. J. Rawal, joint director of Nehru Planetarium of Mumbai, was born. |
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