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Historical Event on 8/7/1934
Gandhi begins a fast for penance following the violent treatment of a Hindu leader by some of his followers.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/24/1974 | India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins. |
| 4/23/1946 | Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence. |
| 3/17/1992 | Suburban rail fare increase cut; 20\% hike in first class, second class A/C sleeper and chair car reduced to 15\%. |
| 10/24/1995 | A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam. |
| 11/1/1992 | The Superfast Rajdhani Express train linking Bangalore and Nizamuddin (2,452 km) flagged off. |
| 5/19/1980 | T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away. |
| 7/6/1992 | The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers. |
| 2/11/1980 | Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away. |
| 10/25/1995 | Narsimha Rao, PM, addresses the 50th anniversary session of the UN. |
| 1/10/1912 | Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, great artist and professor, was born at Dacca, Bangladesh. |
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