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Historical Event on 9/3/1916

Annie Besant started 'Home Rule' movement.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1959Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good.
1/6/1980In the general election (7th) of India, Indira Gandhi led Indian National Congress Party gains two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha legislative elections.
6/12/1999Jalagam Vengal Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died in Hyderabad.
1/5/1953Andhra University celebrated its silver jubilee.
12/14/1955Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay.
6/23/1911King George V was today crowned ""King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India,"" at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony evoking the continuity and tradition of the British monarchy magnificent spectacle. Thousands of spectators crowded the streets for hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal procession. Partition of Bengal notified to create the Presidency of Bengal. The Imperial capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.
2/24/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India begins.
4/12/1752Agreement to save the king between Shinde and Holkar.
12/20/1866Panchkadi Banerjee, famous journalist and editor, was born.
10/26/1969Neil Armstrong, the first men to land on Moon by 'Apollo II ', and Edwin Aldrin came to Bombay.