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Historical Event on 4/6/1919

Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.

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3/1/2000Gopichand wins the Indian Oil Servo National badminton championship at Kochi-making it four in a row.
8/17/1761William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.
12/31/1861Cherrapunji in Assam received rainfall of 22,990 mm in 1861. This was a world record in itself as no other country or place had received rains to such an extent.
11/20/1946Gandhiji starts tour without party.
9/24/1859Nana Saheb, alias Dhundu Pant, one of the top leaders of Sepoy Mutiny, passed away in Nepal.
9/24/1859Husain Quli, the new Governor of Bengal, defeated the rebels and put them to fight. Daud was captured and put to death.
7/5/1993Supreme Court dismisses the stay petition of Union Government regarding lifting of ban on the RSS and the Bajrang Dal by the Babri Tribunal.
8/1/200027 'yatris' (travelers) die after militants attack a ''langar'' in a Pahalgam health resort en route to the Amarnath cave shrine.
1/24/1958First international Film Festival started in Mumbai.
10/19/1905Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London.