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Historical Event on 9/2/1960
Dr. Shankar Purushottam Adharkar, famous Botanist in India, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/4/1932 | Mahatma Gandhi and other members of his All-India National Congress are back in jail again. After the collapse of the London conference, British authorities cracked down even harder on Gandhi and his followers, and the Mahatma urged Indians to increase their acts of civil disobedience. ""Wake up from sleep,"" Gandhi said as he ordered a boycott of British goods. ""Discard foreign cloth. Discard narcotics. Discard violence. Defy all orders calculated to crush the national spirit."" The government declared Gandhi's Congress an illegal organization. Under new laws, even peaceful picketing is illegal. The Congress party responded to the crackdown by recruiting more followers and striking more plants. |
| 4/20/1914 | Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born. |
| 4/6/1664 | Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese. |
| 7/26/1994 | Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal. |
| 3/10/1997 | Maharashtra government renames Osmanabad as Dharashiva. |
| 3/22/1961 | Jual Teria Dilga Oram was born in Kendudihi, Distt. Sundargarh (Orissa). |
| 7/2/1941 | Muhammad Baqa Jilani, one Test for India, 0-55, died at the age of 29. |
| 1/19/1976 | C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died. |
| 12/11/1931 | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", guru of the rich, was born. |
| 10/11/1968 | Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj passed away. (Samadhee) |
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