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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 |
| 10/11/1996 | Supreme Court ruling on change of venue of Rao's trial. |
| 10/20/1947 | First battle between India and Pakistan. |
| 11/9/1977 | Keshavrao Bhole, great music director, passed away. |
| 1/1/1874 | The first women magazine ""Bola Bodhini"" was published. |
| 8/1/1932 | Meena Kumari, film actress, was born. |
| 6/30/1997 | Joginder Singh, CBI Director, was given marching orders bringing his 11-month-old controversial tenure to sudden end. R. C. Sharma, Special Director, took over. |
| 12/20/1990 | India and Pakistan agree not to attack each other's nuclear installations. |
| 9/1/1908 | Amir Elahi, right-hand batsman and right-arm leg-break bowler, born at Multan in Lahore. |
| 11/15/1875 | Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Ulihatu, Ranchi district, Bihar. |
| 5/5/1992 | Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched. |
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