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Historical Event on 5/31/1818
Samachar Darpan, the first vernacular newspaper, was published in Bengali language by Carey and Marshman from Serampore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/1/1926 | Balkanji Bari Institute established for the welfare of children. |
| 8/1/1964 | Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/07/1969. |
| 3/18/1922 | Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause. |
| 8/22/1877 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great painter, philosopher, linguist, critic, art researcher in the East, was born at Colombo in Sri Lanka. |
| 2/2/1977 | Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party. |
| 7/11/1924 | Moslem-Hindu rebellion in Delhi. |
| 2/21/1987 | Pakistan President Gen. Zia visits India. |
| 2/11/1993 | Andhra Naxalites release four out of six hostages. |
| 3/3/1939 | Motganhalli Laxmanarsu Jaisi alais Jaisimha, cricketer (Indian batsman of the sixties), was born in Secundrabad. |
| 4/20/1989 | President's rule imposed in Karnataka. |
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