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Historical Event on 5/8/1994
Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/17/1979 | Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences. |
| 10/6/1935 | Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India. |
| 7/31/1991 | Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1993. |
| 11/28/1962 | K. C. Dey, well-known famous blind singer of Bengal, died. |
| 8/28/1998 | India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan. |
| 6/18/1901 | Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, Marathi novelist and editor, passed away. |
| 4/18/1956 | India, Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon and Pakistan meet in New Delhi to reaffirm their faith in Bandung Principles. |
| 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. |
| 5/14/1994 | RBI announces tight monetary policy. |
| 9/29/1971 | Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people. |
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