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Historical Event on 9/1/1930

Suhasini Ganguly, freedom fighter, was arrested and send to Hijali Jail for her revolutionery activities. She later lived a low profiled life after release from prision.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1839Tea from India first arrives in UK.
8/3/1996Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years.
5/7/195081 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected.
7/22/1993Swiss Justice ministry reveals that Hindujas, Quatrocchi and Win Chadha are among the seven appellants fighting to prevent the transfer of Bofors pay off names to India.
11/19/1996Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, passed away at 90.
1/24/1937Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.
2/6/1994Ram Mahadik, Congress leader, passed away.
3/1/1775Purandhar Treaty was singed between Nana Phadnavis and British Army.
6/13/1940Revolutionary leader Udham Singh was hanged for charges of assassinating Micheal Odair, who was the Governor General of Punjab at the time of Jalianwala Baug massacre.
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.