12
March

What Happened this Day in India History Events.

1913 Yashwantrao Chavan, the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra and the fifth Deputy Prime Minister of the country was born after the bifurcation of Bombay State in 1913.
1922 Mahatma Gandhi was arrested by the British for the movement against buying goods made from Europe and working with the machines of British rule.
1930 Mahatma Gandhi started the Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram. The aim was to 'break the salt law' made by the British.
1993 There were 13 bomb blasts in Mumbai in which 257 people were killed and 800 people were injured.
1872 Sher Ali, the assassin of Lord Mayo, the then Viceroy of India, was hanged in 1872.
1954 The Government of India inaugurated the Sahitya Academy in 1954.
1958 In 1958, British Empire Day was named 'Commonwealth Day'.
1993 The serial bomb blasts in Mumbai in 1993 killed 300 people and injured hundreds more.