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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
3/7/1647Guru Dadaji Konddev, master of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
7/13/1988Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit.
3/14/1997Border Security Force discovers a 34-metre long tunnel in the Ajnala Sub-sector of the Punjab border with Pakistan.
3/22/1933M.V.Nagendra, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1963-77, was born at Karnataka.
6/6/1992Ordinance issued to attach the properties of persons involved in the security scam.
6/4/1947Hindi daily 'Nai Duniya' started publication at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
11/10/1990Two Burmese youth hijack a Thai Airlines Airbus with 221 passengers on board to Calcutta.
8/20/1917Declaration of historic 'Mongegue'.
8/21/1988500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.
2/21/1998Romesh Bhandari, U.P. Governor, dismisses the Kalyan Singh Government and inducts an 18-member ministry headed by Jagadambika Pal of the Loktantrik Congress Party. BJP moves the Allahabad High Court. BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, A. B. Vajpayee, goes on a ""fast-unto-death"".