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Historical Event on 5/5/1930

Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1977B. D. Jathi retired from the post of second acting President.
3/3/1885Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt).
9/19/1937Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away.
9/12/1934Shantakumar Jagannath Sharma was born in Garhjamula, Distt. Kangra (Himachal Pradesh).
10/16/1905Bengal 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.
3/24/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
12/8/1932Indian Air Force Act was passed.
7/20/1680Chhatrapati Sambhaji was throne.
9/11/1921Subramania Bharati, freedom fighter, Tamil poet and editor, passed away at an early age of 39.
8/5/1965Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service.