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Historical Event on 12/13/1772

Narayan Rao became the Peshwa at Satara.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/11/1979Shankarrao Narayanrao Mohite Patil `Sahakari Maharshi' passed away.
1/4/1932Mahatma Gandhi and other members of his All-India National Congress are back in jail again. After the collapse of the London conference, British authorities cracked down even harder on Gandhi and his followers, and the Mahatma urged Indians to increase their acts of civil disobedience. ""Wake up from sleep,"" Gandhi said as he ordered a boycott of British goods. ""Discard foreign cloth. Discard narcotics. Discard violence. Defy all orders calculated to crush the national spirit."" The government declared Gandhi's Congress an illegal organization. Under new laws, even peaceful picketing is illegal. The Congress party responded to the crackdown by recruiting more followers and striking more plants.
1/22/1992Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
3/10/1922Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati.
8/1/1993Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul PVSM, MVC, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1995.
12/25/1994Giani Zail Singh, former President of India, died in Chandigarh at the age of 78.
3/15/1919Osmania University was established at Hyderabad.
3/9/1914Hansaraj Rahbar, the unfolder of prominent personalities and dynamic writer, was born.
3/9/1914Babur reached to his capital Agra after winning Bengal.
10/27/1907Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died.