6 November History: Mahatma Gandhi started the fight against injustice and discrimination not only in India, but he also fought against it abroad, which was witnessed in South Africa. On this day, i.e. 6 November 1913, Mahatma Gandhi marched against some unjust laws of the British, which is known as the 'Great March'.
In this march, about two thousand Indian miners marched from Newcastle to Natal. In 1906, the Transvaal government issued a humiliating ordinance for the registration of Indian people in South Africa, after which this law was opposed.
The chronological details of some other important events recorded on the date of 6 November in the history of the country and the world are as follows:
1763: British forces defeated Mir Qasim and captured Patna.
1860: The people of America elected Abraham Lincoln as the President of the country.
1913: Mahatma Gandhi led 'The Great March' against apartheid policies in South Africa. 1917: The second phase of the Russian Revolution began.
1937: Yashwant Sinha, the country's prominent bureaucrat and politician, was born in Patna.
1956: Allied forces capture the Suez Canal. British and French forces win the Suez Canal War against Egyptian troops.
1985: Powerful actor of Hindi cinema Sanjeev Kumar passed away. His acting in films like 'Khilona', 'Aandhi', 'Mausam' and 'Angoor' was highly appreciated. 1990: Nawaz Sharif took over as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. He remained in this position till 18 April 1993.
2014: Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography 'Playing It My Way' was released.
2020: 37 people died in landslides caused by Cyclone Eta in Guatemala.
2021: 92 people were killed, and many were injured in an oil tanker explosion near Freetown, the capital of the African country Sierra Leone.
2022: A small plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, killing 19 people.
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