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Historical Event on 12/23/1920
King George V signs Home Rule Act.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/12/1905 | Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London. |
| 2/2/1978 | The Indian National Congress (I) recognized as a national party and allotted the election symbol 'hand' (Palm). |
| 9/8/1960 | Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi. |
| 11/28/1990 | President's rule imposed in Assam. Assembly kept in suspended animation. United Liberation Front of Assam and National Socialist Council of Nagaland banned. |
| 11/7/2000 | Indrajit Bhalotia wins the Wills Southern Open golf tournament. |
| 10/15/1946 | Muslim League decides to participate in the Interim Government. |
| 7/10/1924 | Johannes B van Heutsz, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), died at the age of 73. |
| 2/4/1990 | Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India. |
| 8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
| 4/24/1973 | Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23), was born in Bombay. |
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