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Historical Event on 5/8/1930

Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/30/1979Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'.
1/24/1997Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively.
2/11/1933First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi.
9/13/2000Central Government withdraws the ban on use of non-iodised salt despite protests from the medical community and several state governments.
3/15/1908Police shoot four people in rioting.
5/26/1946Gandhiji considers 'Plan' the best document produced by British Government under the circumstances.
4/4/1994Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns.
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
3/15/1983Karnataka beat Bombay in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
2/1/1929Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born.