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1930 in India

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1930
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India

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Events in the year 1930 in India.

Incumbents

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Events

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Gandhi at Dandi, 6 April 1930, at the end of the Salt March
  • National income - 31,435 million
  • 26 January – The Indian National Congress declares January 26 as Independence Day, or the day for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence).
  • 28 February - Sir C V Raman Received Nobel Prize in Physics.
  • 2 March – Mohandas Gandhi informs British viceroy of India that civil disobedience would begin nine days later.
  • 12 March – Mohandas Gandhi sets off to a 200-mile protest march towards the sea with 78 followers to protest the British monopoly on salt – more will join them during the Salt March that ends on 5 April.
  • 6 April – In an act of civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and taking salt.
  • 18 April – Chittagong armoury raid also known as Chittagong uprising.
  • 30 April – The Vedaranyam Salt satyagraha led by Rajaji and Sardar Vedarathinam Pillai culminates in South India
  • 4–5 May – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested again.
  • October – First Round Table Conference opens in London.[1]
  • 28 December – Mohandas Gandhi leaves for Britain for negotiations

Law

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  • Publication of the report of the Simon Commission.[2]
  • Sale of Goods Act
  • Hindu Gains of Learning Act

Births

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Full date unknown

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Deaths

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  • 12 May Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal (born 1858)
  • 16 September – Martial Paillot, French Roman Catholic missionary, history professor and parish priest
  • 28 September – T K Madhavan, the architect of Vaikam Sayagraham and organizing secretary of SNDP Yogam.

References

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  1. ^ Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
  2. ^ Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
  3. ^ United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Organizations (1976). Human Rights in India: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on International Organizations of the Committee on International Relations. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 118.
  4. ^ India. Parliament. Lok Sabha (2000). Who's who. Parliament Secretariat. p. 647.