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Historical Event on 12/1/1921

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader, social reformer and freedom fighter was arrested by the British police for six months and sent to jail.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/8/1906Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated.
10/22/1999The Prime Minister warns of more 'hard decisions'.
5/18/1955Hindu Marriage Act is amended.
9/5/1793Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of Udaynala.
12/11/1993Shankar Dayal Sharma, President, inaugurates the extended new wing of Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan.
1/9/1664Shivaji started Surat campaign and left the city after plundering the place.
3/20/1993Kondapally Seetaramaiah, founder of the Peoples War Group of Naxalities in Andhra Pradesh, arrested.
3/20/1993Akbar left for Agra when he received the report of widespread rebellion. He arrived in Ahmedabad by forced marches on the eleventh day.
9/29/19881988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces.
4/13/1919Jallianwala Baug massacre. The great Indian tragedy occured in Amritsar which claimed 389 lives and wounded 1,516 activitists fighting for Indian independence. Early in 1919, the Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed. This authorized the Government to imprison any person without any trial and conviction in a court of law. This furious act was under the guidence of cruel Brigedier General R. E. H. Dyer and his 50 men troop. Michael O' Dwyer was then the Governor of Punjab who naturally defended the action. This day is observed as Jallianwala Baug Day.