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Historical Event on 8/5/1991

Leila Seth was sworn the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. She is a judge of Delhi High Court.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1969Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.
10/9/1947P. C. Joshi, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (CPI), appealed to all LEFT parties to rally around Nehru to fight for peace.
12/22/1998Janata Dal's S. Jaipal Reddy selected for the ''best parliamentarian award'' for 1998.
11/16/1995Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras.
12/1/1964Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University established.
4/13/1999D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district.
5/24/1992D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away.
8/6/1992A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.
3/9/1966India yields to Sikh demand for Punjab-speaking state.
9/20/1999T. R. Rajakumari (78), the dream girl of the Tamil silver screen for over two decades, died.