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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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1997India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi.
8/4/2000Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98.
4/2/1954Nehru calls for a halt to the build up of nuclear weapons.
5/25/1991Indian, UN Angola Verification Mission - I ended (UNAVEM - I June 1989 - May 1991).
12/12/1930Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods.
10/2/1961Indian Limited Shipping Transport Corporation established.
8/2/2000The Lok Sabha performs a ''hat-trick'' by setting off the process for the creation of three new states by passing the Jharkhand Bill.
5/5/1977Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party.
7/10/1997Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing.
6/19/1997Indian flag cargo ship, M. V. Arcadia Pride, sinks in inclement weather, seven nautical miles off Colaba, Mumbai, leaving four sailors dead and 20 missing. In the rescue and search operation by the Indian Navy, nine persons were rescued.