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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 |
| 4/27/1906 | China, as suzerain of Tibet, has agreed to the terms of a treaty proposed by Britain. According to the treaty, foreign powers may not send representatives to Tibet, receive transportation or mining concessions, or occupy, buy or lease any territory in Tibet without British permission. The British want to prevent the Russians from establishing a protectorate over Tibet, which lies on India's northern border. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, failed in attempts to communicate with Tibet's ruler, the Dalai Lama. A British military expedition fought its way to the capital at Lhasa and concluded the agreement. |
| 12/31/1995 | K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service. |
| 12/7/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee questions Pakistan's decision to hand over part of occupied Kashmir to China and says the area belongs to India. |
| 11/29/1644 | The Massachusetts General Court issued a call for local pastors to learn the dialects of neighboring Indian tribes as an aid toward converting them to the Christian faith. |
| 5/27/1906 | Gandhiji writes to his brother Lakshimidas, stating his disinterestedness in worldly possessions. |
| 5/27/1952 | United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader. |
| 6/24/1980 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras. |
| 11/19/1877 | Jatindranath Benarjee, revolutionary of Indian freedom movement, was born. |
| 10/27/1969 | Darshansingh Pheruman died in Amritsar during the 74th day of his fast, which he had undertaken for the merger of Chandigarh in Punjab. |
| 2/15/1998 | Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open. |
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