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ENCYCLOPEDIA: Chronology of World History
On this day in 1932, in his cell at Yerovda Jail near Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest of the British government's decision to separate India's electoral system by caste.
This Day in History, January 26th. Australia Day celebrates the founding of Australia led by Captain Arthur Phillip, the curtain goes up on the Phantom of the Opera and Condoleezza Rice is named the first woman Secretary of State on January 26th.
Mohandas Gandhi, born in Porbandar, India, on October 2, 1869, was as an important a spiritual leader in India as he was political pioneer. Educated in England, Gandhi was influenced by Western thought, but he also drew significant inspiration from h
In the early morning hours of December 3, 1984, a pesticide plant located in Bhopal, India leaked a toxic cloud of methyl isocyanate into the air.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the elected leader of West Pakistan, left the United Nations meeting in disgust after pleading West Pakistan's case with them. The Security Council, however, supported Bangladesh's independence and called for a cease-fire.


