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Historical Event on 12/12/1921

Gandhi organizes a complete boycott of Prince of Wales's visit to Allahabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1661Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II.
11/19/1998The Indira Gandhi memorial award is presented to Mirta Saavedra Polo, Ambassador of Panama, for her contributions to strengthening bilateral relations between India and Pakistan.
6/23/1993Motilal Vohra made governor of UP.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
3/5/1948C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.
9/20/1856Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste.
4/29/1948Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away.
5/22/1993Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections.
11/1/1992The Superfast Rajdhani Express train linking Bangalore and Nizamuddin (2,452 km) flagged off.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust