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Historical Event on 3/1/1901
Vaidya Jogeshchandra Banerjee was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/21/1999 | Madhavrao Scindia becomes the Deputy Leader of Congress (I) in the Lok Sabha. |
| 10/16/1905 | Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement. |
| 12/12/1989 | Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor. |
| 4/10/1919 | Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her. |
| 1/16/1620 | Amarsingh I, Rajput's guhilot lineage king of Mewad, died. |
| 5/1/1902 | Tornodo hit Dhaka part of Bengal, claims 416 lives. |
| 4/15/1927 | Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi, was born. |
| 6/29/1901 | Amal Kumar Sarkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 4/30/1888 | Hailsones kill 246 in Moradabad. |
| 3/1/2000 | Gopichand wins the Indian Oil Servo National badminton championship at Kochi-making it four in a row. |
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