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Historical Event on 8/5/1939

In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1987The Festival of India in the USSR, to be inaugurated, is the largest cultural manifestation to be held by our country.
5/8/1994Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away.
8/8/1946India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.
4/8/1998Sedapatti R. Muthiah resigns as the Union Surface Transport Minister at the behest of his party supremo Jayalalitha. He is involved in court cases.
11/3/1998The first geo-scientific data centre of the country is inaugurated at the Geological Survey of India.
8/11/2000Koneru Humpy was crowned the youngest British Ladies chess champion at the end of eleventh and final round in the Smith and Williamson British chess championship in Somerset.
1/30/1996The new (reconstituted) Scientific Advisory Board of the ICMR met on January 30-31, 1996.
4/30/1999Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant.
7/12/1960Ranchi University was established.
12/1/1989Dr. Chenna Reddi (Congress-I) becomes CM of Andhra Pradesh.