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Historical Event on 8/4/1933

Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1986A restructured 20-point programme announced.
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
4/15/1956A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels.
12/19/1952Nehru announces the Government's decision for establishing an Andhra State, constituting Telugu speaking areas of the State of Madras, excluding the city.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
9/21/1954Last Indian troops withdraw from Tibet.
5/6/1944Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
10/18/1919W. A. Sangma, leader of Meghalaya, was born.
3/20/1904Charles Freer Andrews came to India as a Christian Missionary and joined the staff of St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
12/4/1661Murad Baksh was executed on the charge of murdering Diwan Ali Nagi.