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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 |
| 12/22/1986 | India cricket team score 7-676 vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur. |
| 1/24/1937 | Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics. |
| 1/31/1983 | The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah. |
| 8/29/1923 | Sir Richard Attenborough, famous actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), was born. |
| 9/16/2000 | Aparna Popat loses to Kelly Morgan in the first round of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics. |
| 9/16/2000 | Jalal'ud-din Firuz Khalji establishes the Khalji dynasty at Delhi. |
| 6/12/1976 | Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, died at Varanasi. |
| 9/6/1995 | Salil Chaudhary, famous music director in Hindi film industry, passed away. |
| 12/22/1928 | An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum.' |
| 5/19/1953 | State to control production and distribution of minerals involved in atomic energy development. |
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