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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
11/29/1991Industrial and bank strike called by the left-oriented trade unions to oppose the new industrial and economic policies.
5/26/1931One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras.
11/2/2000Sinam Chandramani Singh (18), national bravery award winner, his brother Sinam Robin Singh and their aunt were among 10 killed in firing by eight Assam Rifles personnel at Malom near Imphal.
11/17/1932The Third Round Table Conference began in London. It was not attended by the Congress as the real Indian participation in the making of the constitution was negligible. Since Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it either. This conference ended on 24th November 1932 without achieving anything.
11/17/1932Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.
2/6/1953Congress, PSP, CP and Jansangh recognised as All India parties by the Election Commission.
12/13/2000Vikram Sood is appointed new RAW Chief.
1/6/1976Baliram Bhagat elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
10/29/1991Barister Waman Barlinge (Dadasaheb), great freedom fighter, former Rajya Sabha member and Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, passed away.
9/20/1996Arunachal Chief Minister Apang resigns and forms new party Arunachal Congress.