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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 |
| 12/3/1993 | Bahadur Prasad wins silver in 1500 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila. |
| 4/29/1948 | Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away. |
| 6/26/1991 | Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister. |
| 9/19/1962 | Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War. |
| 10/9/1877 | Utkalmani Pandit Gopabandhu Das, great freedom fighter, social reformer, educationist, poet, author, lawyer of modern Orrisa, was born in Puri District, Orissa. |
| 11/19/1962 | Nehru asks more US aid as China drives into India in New Delhi. |
| 7/13/1913 | Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar . |
| 9/21/1895 | Annapurnanand, great writer, was born. |
| 5/21/1994 | JKLF leader Mohammed Yasim Malik agrees to eschew violence provided the Centre guarantees a dialogue without pre-conditions. |
| 7/5/1999 | Two buses, which were inaugurated from Dhaka, arrive in Calcutta. |
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