Karruppanna Kamraj became a folk hero in India because he was determined to haul down the Union Jack and create an independent country. Kamraj was uneducated and ended up in a British prison for his seditious political activities, however, he managed the political underground even from jail. He ended up minister of Madras Province, and many wanted him as prime minister, but he did not speak Hindi which is India's main language.

Australia Court Overturns Australian Capital Territory Gay Marriage Law. An Australian High Court overturned a law that allowed gay marriage in the Australian Capital Territory. The law had been passed by the Australian Capital Territory Parliament in October, but the national government challenged it because it was not consistent with national laws which defined marriage between a man and a woman in 2004. The ruling overturned nearly thirty marriages that had been performed under the law.