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Historical Event on 9/11/1906

Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1919India's first modern shipping company Scindia Steam Navigation's first ship 'Liberty' started its journey. The weight of the ship was 5,940 tonnes.
3/5/1997Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka.
12/20/1993Jaichandran Nair, Colonel Neelkantan, died.
2/8/1994Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away.
1/18/1930Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram.
4/3/1996Union Ministers P. Chidambaram and M. Arunachalam resign over the issue of revival of alliance between Cong (I) and AIADMK.
2/7/1993Medium-range surface to surface missile, 'Prithvi' successfully launched for the 10th time.
5/25/1915Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
9/3/1906Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'.
9/29/1994Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic.