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Historical Event on 5/2/1769
Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born.

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3/12/1930	Mahatma 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.
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Historical Event on 5/2/1769 Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born.

Historical Event on 5/2/1769
Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born.