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Historical Event on 3/18/1922

Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/6/1932Meenatai Thackrey, social worker, was born.
12/6/1952First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed.
4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
8/27/1952Vigyan Mandir inaugurated at Nazafgarh Road, New Delhi.
9/15/1860M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.
3/6/1947Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
11/17/1994North Eastern Council decides to include Sikkim in the Council.
7/24/1991Industrial licensing scrapped.
11/11/1793English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta five months after setting sail for India. Later, Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society, the first of the British Protestant missions agencies.