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In 1908, Pillai was part of a group that planned to celebrate the release of independence advocate Bipin Chandra Pal from prison as Swarajya (self-rule) day. [12] In response, on 12 March 1908, the British arrested Subramania Siva and Pillai on charges of sedition for organising meetings against the government. [ 13 ]
Vikram Sampath FRHistS is an Indian popular historian and columnist, who is noted for writing biographies of Gauhar Jaan, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Mysore Kings.He is Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, an Eisenhower and Aspen Global Fellow and Senior Research Fellow of Prime Ministers' Museum and Library Society.
1920 – The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin. [11] 1928 – In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people. [12] 1930 – Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile (320 km) march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India. [13]
The newspaper was started on 30 May 1826; with it for the first time a newspaper was published completely in Hindi, using Devanagari script. Udant Martand employed a mix of Khari Boli and Braj Bhasha dialects of Hindi. [9] [12] The first issue printed 500 copies, [7] and the newspaper was published every Tuesday. [10]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 10%, the largest one-day percentage drop since Black Monday in 1987. Spain's IBEX 35 falls 14%, its worst drop in history in a single day. The UK FTSE falls by 11%, the German DAX and French CAC 40 by 12% and Italy's MIB by 17%. (El Comercio)
Namaste (Sanskrit pronunciation:, [1] Devanagari: नमस्ते), sometimes called namaskār and namaskāram, is a customary Hindu [2] [3] [4] manner of respectfully greeting and honouring a person or group, used at any time of day. [5] It is used worldwide among the Hindu, Buddist and Jain traditions.
March 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feast of 'Alá (Loftiness), First day of the 19th month of the Baháʼí calendar (Baháʼí Faith) and first day of the Baháʼí Nineteen Day Fast; Jamahiriya Day ; National Read Across America Day (United States) [77] [78] Peasants' Day ; Texas Independence Day; Adwa Victory Day
The hockey final series was tied, 2–2, with the scheduled April 1 game cancelled. [ 163 ] The Dominion Labor Party of Alberta was established in Calgary following a merger with the Alberta Labor Representation League , and would contest in the 1921 Alberta provincial election .