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Historical Event on 8/16/1933

Mahatma Gandhi goes on fast for being denied to continue the anti-untouchability propaganda.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1917Suniti Chaudhary, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Kumilla. She was one of the accused in the famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
2/6/1954Kashmir Assembly accepts re-unification with India.
5/18/1985Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain.
6/30/1968Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous journalist and litterateur, passed away.
5/27/1930Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement.
3/13/1938Hitler merged Austria in Germany.
10/26/1996CBI detects a chain of bank transactions between August '93 and February '96 by four JMM leaders.
2/5/1936Baba Maharaj Satarkar (Nilkanth Gyaneshwar Gore - Satarkar) was born.
1/8/1993FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500.