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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
4/15/1992Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
5/24/1813Krishna Mohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist in Bengal, was born.
8/27/1994Indian soldiers and Muslim militants clash in Kashmir.
10/20/1999The Cabinet approves the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) Bill for introduction in the current session of Lok Sabha if time permits.
3/1/1992Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away.
5/20/1940Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), passed away.
3/24/1990Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.
4/1/1918Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain.
4/2/1702Balaji Vishwanath Bhat, first Peshwa, passed away.