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Historical Event on 5/8/1910
Tolstoy replies to Gandhiji that question of Passive Resistance is of greatest importance, not only for India but for humanity.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/20/1950 | Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, journalist, leader and elder brother of Subhashchandra Bose, passed away. |
| 1/24/1958 | First international Film Festival started in Mumbai. |
| 3/25/1963 | Yagyawalk Bharadwaj, famous botany scientist, passed away. |
| 5/9/1917 | Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India. |
| 8/17/1944 | Indian Viceroy Viscount Wavell rejects Gandhi's request to discuss war support in return for Indian independence. |
| 11/19/1998 | Shruti Khanna won her Maiden title on Indian soil in the Northern India Ladies Championship at the Delhi Golf Course. |
| 10/19/1929 | Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born. |
| 1/22/1903 | Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta. |
| 2/7/1995 | Cong-I Disciplinary Action Committee expels Arjun Singh from the primary membership for 6 years for anti-party activities. |
| 7/10/1997 | Rafiq Sadiq, Congress(I) leader, escapes attempt on life when armed militants ambush motorcade near Achabal in South Anantnag, Kashmir valley. |
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