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Historical Event on 9/16/1913

Kasturba Gandhi was arrested.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/14/1905Earthquake at Kangra region in Himachal.
5/1/1886May Day was first observed in Chicago, USA. Work, Social activities, Rest, for 8 Hours.
3/11/1997Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles.
1/10/1932Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities.
9/16/1996First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.
8/19/1916Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India, was born.
8/19/1916Vallabhacharya, founder of 'Pushthimarg Panth', was born.
8/16/1922Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska.
7/22/1925Homi Jehangir Teleyarkhan, social worker, was born.
11/17/1948Despite the scepticism on the part of the US and British advisers concerning the feasibility of the scheme, the first half-dozen HAL-reconditioned B-24s were ready by November 1948 and, on the 17th of that month, No. 5 Squadron was formed with these heavy bombers.