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Historical Event on 3/8/1930

Mahatma Gandhi started civil disobedience movement continues in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1999Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis.
8/2/1919Bharat Bhushan Agrawal, famous poet and winner of Sahitya Academy Award, was born.
5/25/1877Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers.
12/4/1924Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding.
9/2/1918Datta Deshmukh, water expert and President of `Lalnishan Party', was born.
8/19/1996Gujarat's expelled BJP leader Shankersingh Waghela forms a new party called 'Rashtriya Janata Party'.
5/26/1997Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel.
11/15/1982Acharya Vinoba Bhave, great freedom fighter and social reformer, died (88 years) in Pawnar Ashram at Wardha near Nagpur, Maharashtra.
11/15/198224 merchants gathered in London's Founder Hall under the auspices of Lord Mayor to start a new company with a share captial in India.
2/15/1997Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union in New Delhi.