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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
2/28/1712Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession.
1/18/1970Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.
5/26/1997Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel.
11/25/1948National Cadet Corps was first established.
9/14/1923Ram Jethmalani, famous law expert and politician, was born.
10/14/1910Further unrest took place in Lhasa, Tibet, following the arrest of Dalai Lama's agent by the Chinese on the Chinese frontier with India.
4/2/1870Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was found. 95 members from different parts of Maharashtra assembled in Pune during its founding.
9/22/1952Bapiraju Adiv, famous Telgu novelist, poet and author, died.
9/7/2000The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999.
10/21/1995L.K.Advani unanimously re-elected BJP president for the fourth time in New Delhi.