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Historical Event on 5/8/1959
Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/22/1995 | A Russian-made AN-26 plane forced to land in Bombay following an Intelligence Bureau tip off that it could be the suspected aircraft which dropped arms at Purulia. |
11/3/1906 | Prithviraj Kapoor, stage and film artist, member of Rajya Sabha and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, was born. |
8/10/1963 | The Kamraj Plan. |
1/17/1985 | Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test vs England. |
6/12/1897 | Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll). |
11/19/1910 | Gohar alias Gohar A. Kayoum Mamajiwala was born at Lahore. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Fortune & Fools' (1925). Other films were 'Lanka Ni Laadi', 'Handsome', 'Briefless Barrister', 'Thief of Delhi', 'Punjab Mail', 'My Darling' and 'The Web'. |
7/19/2000 | The Centre has no locus standi in Thackeray case, says the Prime Minister and rejects the resignations of Shiv Sena nominees in the Union Cabinet-- Manohar Joshi, Suresh Prabhu and Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil. |
6/2/1993 | Kurla-Kochi Express rams into goods train near Jolarpet in which 22 were killed and 100 injured. |
10/21/1916 | Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat. |
5/25/1996 | Maharashta govt. announces decision to revive Sri Krishna Commission set up to probe the 1993 Mumbai riots. |
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