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Historical Event on 5/8/1930

Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/1993BJP issues white paper on Ayodhya.
5/4/1923Mrinal Sen, famous film director, was born.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
3/1/1910The Dalai Lama is welcomed in Darjeeling.
4/22/1993Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike.
5/14/1998India will not sign CTBT unconditionally, says the Prime Minister.
12/12/1955The President promulgated an ordinance providing the usage of Hindi with English for official purposes of Indian Union. B.G. Kher Commission (under article 344(I) of the Constitution) constituted. Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs.
8/15/1950Indian Constitution goes into effect.
11/19/1985Lall Singh, cricketer (one Test for India 1932), passed away.
6/14/1991Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed.