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Historical Event on 8/5/1981
Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/17/1830 | Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, died. |
| 12/6/1756 | British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India. |
| 11/23/1926 | Satya Sai Baba, Hindu universalist renaissance charismatic guru, educationalist and worker of miracles, was born. |
| 3/16/1860 | Dr. W.M. Haffkine, great scientist, bacteriologist and professor, was born at Odessa in Russia. |
| 7/12/1957 | Sahajada Karim became Aga Khan. |
| 1/9/1918 | Harprasad Nanda, famous Industrialist, was born. |
| 1/9/1915 | Gandhiji reached Bombay on his return from South Africa. He became a member of the Indian National Congress. He was awarded Kaiseri-e-Hind Gold Medal for Ambulance service on Jan, 11. |
| 7/10/1924 | Johannes B van Heutsz, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), died at the age of 73. |
| 9/6/2000 | Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1. |
| 10/27/1605 | Akbar (Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din), Mughal emperor of India (1556-1605), passed away of diarrhea or dysentery at the age of 63 years. After his death his body was buried at a mausoleum in Sikandra, Agra. |
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