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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 |
| 4/27/1919 | Ustad Allarakha Khan, great Tabla player, was born. |
| 12/12/1965 | Vijayanta, first India-made millitary tank which was handed over to the Army, was manufactured at Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory at Madras. |
| 1/23/1999 | An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district. |
| 11/1/1902 | Alwar Iyengar Jaggu, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Chatra Ghosham. |
| 8/10/1982 | Memorial of 201 martyrs from Maharashtra inaugurated. |
| 4/16/1959 | Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning. |
| 6/17/1965 | Motilal, famous actor, died. |
| 7/21/1658 | Aurangzeb celebrated his being the emperor of Mugal Empire at Delhi. He was informally enthroned. |
| 4/20/1914 | Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born. |
| 11/11/2000 | Harin Pathak, Union Minister of State for Defence, resigns after being chargesheeted by a sessions court in Ahmedabad in a case relating to the murder of a head constable at the height of the anti-reservation agitation in 1985. |
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