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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
7/12/200067 persons died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Ghatkopar, a Mumbai suburb.
11/21/1991R. Nagarajan, former Tamil Nadu Home Secretary, arrested for harbouring LTTE militants.
2/24/1786Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India.
10/22/1913Harumal Sadarangani, famous Sindhi writer, was born at Sind, Pakistan.
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.
9/14/1932Durgavati Devi aka Durga Bhabhi, an revolutionary and freedom fighter, was born.
9/26/1932Gandhiji breaks fast on Indian government's acceptance of his demand regarding Harijans.
6/9/1923Idris Hassan Latif, Air Chief Marshal, was born at Hyderabad, Deccan.
6/1/1996Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away.
5/3/1969Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist.