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Historical Event on 6/1/1819

William Carey, Ward and Marshman established the Serampore College in Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/16/1992Prices of steel and iron decontrolled.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
2/6/1915Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) was born at Bandnagar, MP.
1/12/1953Patel Chest Institute opened by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. All India Khadi Board constituted with centre at Bombay.
2/19/1855U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born.
12/29/1904K. V. Puttappa, famous Kannada poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Hirekodage.
1/29/1976Parliamenentary Committee on official language constituted. The Committee has since then submitted six parts of its report and Presidential orders have been issued on first five parts of it. The sixth part is in print.
8/9/1942The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'.
12/29/1975D.K. Barooah elected Congress President.
2/9/1992Pakistan bans JKLF march.