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Historical Event on 12/22/1977
Nalinibala Devi, Assamese poet, passed died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/20/1992 | BJP launches campaign to oust Rao government; Vajpayee goes on fast. |
| 1/30/1947 | Gandhiji leaves Patna for Delhi. Mountbatten, new Viceroy, arrives in Delhi. |
| 5/6/1861 | Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, great Indian lawyer, political leader and social reformer, was born at Agra. |
| 8/1/1920 | Under the leadership of Gandhi, the non-cooperation movement was launched against Lord Chelmsford. ""Firmness in truth,"" was his strategy of noncooperation and non-violence against India's Christian British rulers. Later, he resolved to wear only 'dhoti' to preserve homespun cotton and simplicity, followed with grassroots agitation. This began with renunciation of honorary titles like 'Sir' given by the British. Thereafter, it was followed by the boycott of legislatures, elections and other Government works. Foreign clothes were burnt and Khadi became a symbol of freedom. The movement was a great success despite firing and arrests. By the end of 1921, all important national leaders, except Gandhi, were in jail, along with 3000 others. However, in February 1922, at Chaurichaura, Uttar Pradesh, violence erupted and Gandhi called off the movement. He was imprisoned and the movement was over. |
| 1/24/1958 | First international Film Festival started in Mumbai. |
| 3/5/1997 | Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka. |
| 8/1/1932 | Meena Kumari, film actress, was born. |
| 10/21/1981 | Kerala under central rule. |
| 7/8/1997 | 33 persons killed and 67 injured as blast rips through part of Ambala-bound train at Lehra Khana station in Bhatinda district, Punjab. |
| 5/5/1929 | Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay. |
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