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Historical Event on 5/8/1930

Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1947Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle.
10/18/1906Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde.
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11/5/1929Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, died.
9/10/1872Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex.
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9/4/1996Narasimha Rao questioned by CBI.
4/20/2000A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.
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