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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
2/4/1990Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India.
10/17/1998Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.
12/19/1999The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga.
3/23/1947Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.
6/15/1966U.S. resumes full economic aid to India and Pakistan.
3/29/1995Harindra Dave, chief editor of Janmabhumi Group and Gujrati author, passed away.
12/8/1980Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.
6/10/1928Papan Ramchand Panjabi, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1978-81, was born in Mumbai.
3/24/1855First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km.
9/17/1999India and the United States begin high level consultations to find ways on countering terrorism.