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Historical Event on 2/24/1986
Rukmini Devi passed away.

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12/28/1931	The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him.
3/22/1915	Dr. Nagendra, famous hindi critic, was born.
7/20/1969	M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India.
12/22/1947	Dilip Rasiklal Doshi, cricketer (India's main slow lefty post-Bedi), was born in Rajkot.
10/16/1905	Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.

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Historical Event on 2/24/1986 Rukmini Devi passed away.

Historical Event on 2/24/1986
Rukmini Devi passed away.