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Historical Event on 9/26/1931
At Lancashire, Gandhi sees textile workers hurt by Indian boycott but says home spinning must go on.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1947 | India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries. |
| 3/29/1998 | The new govt. wins the vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha. |
| 7/20/2000 | In a nationwide swoop, IT Department officials search the residences of cricketers Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja and former ICC Chairman Jagmohan Dalmiya and recover incriminating documents. |
| 1/19/1951 | Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkarbappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, passed away. |
| 2/3/1977 | Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering. |
| 7/4/1989 | Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State. |
| 2/12/1995 | The 3-phase-budget session begins with the address of President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma in the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. |
| 12/3/1882 | Nandalal Bose, great Indian painter and master, was born in Bengal. |
| 9/24/1922 | Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah. |
| 12/22/1947 | Dilip Rasiklal Doshi, cricketer (India's main slow lefty post-Bedi), was born in Rajkot. |
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