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Historical Event on 5/8/1933

Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/2/1897Sohrab Meharwanji Modi, theatre and film producer, director and actor, was born.
6/14/1880Satish Chandra Dasgupta, rural Scientist, was born.
6/20/1992Carnatic musician Maharajapuram Santhanam died in a car accident in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu.
1/2/1943Vir Bhai Kotwal sacrificed his life.
1/10/199324th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi.
11/18/1999Sonia Gandhi pleads the President on Nalini's case.
7/2/1972Shimla Treaty' was singed between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Pakistani counterpart Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
8/29/1982Shree Maa Anandmayee of universal fame passed away. Her body was laid to rest at Shree Anandamayee Ashram in Kankhal.
8/22/1993The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu.
9/27/1977Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971.