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Historical Event on 3/23/1919

Subhadra Joshi, freedom fighter, was born. She took active participation in Salt and non cooperation movement. She also motivated the freedom movement through her newspaper ""Hamara Sangram"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1919Rayat Educational Institute (Rayat Shikshan Sanstha) was established.
11/1/1999Soli Sorbajee is re-appointed the Attorney General.
3/12/1930Mahatma Gandhi started Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad to break salt law. This march stretched of 375 km. was covered in 26 days with 78 followers. The whole of India joined the campaign to boycott foreign goods and refused to pay taxes. Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan or Frontier Gandhi started Khudai Kidmatgar movement in the North-West Frontier. The Government went back to its brutal force and about 90,000 people were imprisoned within a year. In Peshawar, the Gharwal regiment refused to shoot a demonstrator. In Nagaland Rani Gaidilita, a 13 year old girl raised the flag against the Britishers and was put into life imprisonment in 1932. Nehru hearing this uttered A day will come when India will remember her and Cherish her. She was released after Independence.
5/29/1936Gandhi's eldest son creates a controversy as he converts to the Muslim faith.
3/23/1962Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days.
12/4/1998Christians across the country observe a protest day against the recent attacks on the community and its institutions.
5/27/2000In a mini cabinet reshuffle, Nitish Kumar gets back his Agriculture portfolio, while Dilip Ray resigns as Minister of State for Steel.
10/18/1952Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wickets to win first Indo-Pak clash.
3/19/1848Lokhitwadi started his column 'Shatpatra' in the newspaper named 'Prabhakar'.
8/17/1911Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.