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Historical Event on 8/6/1905

Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/1917Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act.
7/9/1993Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300.
2/1/1931Gandhi chiefs order campaign of civil disobedience to continue.
5/18/1974Jayaprakash Narayan led a procession against economic conditions in Patna. There was lathi charged and he issued a call for total revolution. He also started the 'Citizens for Democracy' movement.
8/2/1922Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born.
9/29/1755Robert Lord Clive founded the British empire in India
11/18/1994Bipinchandra Joshi, cheif of Army and General, passed away at the age of 54 years.
1/2/1905Jainendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist and patriot, was born.
10/27/1998L. P. Singh, ICS, former Governor of five north eastern states, died in New Delhi. He was 86.
8/26/1852Bombay Association was established.