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Historical Event on 2/1/1922

Gandhiji gives notice to the Viceroy Lord Reading during Bardoli movement to inform him that he was intensifying his action and non-cooperation was to be escalated to Civil Disobedience.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1926Jim Corbett killed the notorious man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag at Gulabrai village, who had attacked and killed about 125 people.
1/1/1966Vimal Roy, film maker and producer, passed away.
6/1/1992S.K. Datta became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/93).
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
8/15/1990Uttar Maharashtra University was established.
11/7/1991Salauddin and his wife Neena create a world record by travelling in a Nissan car.
2/19/1911Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India.
1/5/1952John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43), died at the age of 64.
1/29/1780Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta .
10/12/1993The first operational sortie in Somalia was undertaken with the Brigade Commander and his Deputy on board to recede the area of responsibility in and around Baidoa which was to be the bridage's permanent location.