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Historical Event on 12/1/1921

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader, social reformer and freedom fighter was arrested by the British police for six months and sent to jail.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/29/2000The Army institutes a high-level court of inquiry under Maj. Gen. C.B. Suku to look into the causes of the arms depot conflagration.
1/11/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1896-1995).
10/28/1997Govt. extends ceasefire in Nagaland by 3 months from October 31.
5/23/1924Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut.
1/25/1995India and South Africa sign three pacts to forge special ties.
10/6/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes.
8/7/1868Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal), modern Bengali poet and critic, was born.
6/19/1931Nandini Satpathy, politician, was born at Cuttack in Orissa.
3/11/1824US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair.
10/16/1999Congress (I)-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine is invited to form the Government in Maharashtra. Vilasrao Deshmukh to be sworn in as Chief Minister.