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Historical Event on 11/30/1759
Alamgir was murdered by his minister Imad-ul-Mulk.
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| 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. |
| 2/7/1864 | P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born. |
| 6/18/1966 | California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else. |
| 1/25/2000 | The Centre begins the process of privatising the country's domestic carrier, Indian Airlines, and also approves the sale of majority equity in Modern Foods India Limited. |
| 4/1/1997 | Govt. clarifies it is illegal to carry a child on a two-wheeler in addition to a pillion rider. |
| 3/5/1995 | Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away. |
| 7/23/1988 | Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), died. |
| 6/22/1944 | British 14th army frees Imphal, Assam. |
| 12/1/1989 | National Front decides to form a government with outside support from the BJP and the Left Parties. |
| 12/6/1946 | Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London. |
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