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Historical Event on 5/8/1996

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Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1906Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswamy, great Indian writer, was born.
9/4/1990An all-party meeting refuses to endorse the decision to implement Mandal Commission Report according to which 27\% jobs are reserved for backward communities.
10/21/1990Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.
4/26/1929British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India.
11/18/1839P Barron discovered Nainital and he was the British sugar merchant of Shahjahanpur.
12/3/1955In exercise of the powers conferred by the provision in Article 343 (2) of the constitution, orders were issued for the use of Hindi language in addition to the English language for specific purposes of the union.
11/24/1999India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.
3/1/1930Coimbatarao Doraikannu Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's), was born in Madras.
9/5/1793Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of Udaynala.
5/5/1998Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case.