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Historical Event on 5/9/1933

Gandhiji announced suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement for six weeks and called on the Government to withdraw its Ordinances.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1887Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.
11/24/1991Bihar's ruling JD makes a clean sweep of all the three Lok Sabha seats in the by-elections.
9/7/1947Gandhiji leaves Calcutta for Delhi; commences daily visits to riot-affected areas.
8/1/1920Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindu leader, died at Bombay.
1/21/1961Queen of Britain, Elizabeth II, and her husband Duke of Edinburgh visited New Delhi.
2/9/1951The first census of free India of enumeration work was started.
6/6/1962General Election ( 3rd) of India ends.
6/22/1993Ordinance to amend Consumer Act was issued; Government doctors and hospitals were kept out of its ambit.
8/1/1939Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed.
10/29/1996Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote.