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Historical Event on 4/6/1930
Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.

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1/20/1939	Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born.
1/26/1965	Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India.
10/10/1909	Nagarwala Noshirvan Dorab, cricket umpire of five Tests, was born in Maharashtra.
1/23/1920	Air transportation began in India by two Royal Air Force planes between Karachi and Bombay, and Air Mail service started.
11/8/1965	British Indian Ocean Territory formed.
9/23/1983	Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope.
5/9/1995	Abha Gandhi, servant to Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. He was 68 years.
2/23/1952	Employees Provident Fund Bill and Miscellaneous Provision Act passed in the Lok Sabha.
6/20/1916	Sreemati Nathibai Damodher Thackersey (SNDT) Indian Women' s University, first women's and the fifth Indian University, was established in Pune by D.K. Karve.
3/24/1977	Ban on RSS and 26 other organisations lifted.

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