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Historical Event on 5/8/1990

A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1989The 4th annual SAARC summit concludes in Islamabad.
11/27/1976Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar, famous journalist, novelist and critic, passed away.
9/3/1767Colonel Smith was defeated in the battle of Changama that took place between the combined forces of Nizam and Hyder Ali and the British army. This was the first war of Mysore. The British concluded a humiliating peace with Hyder Ali of Mysore.
1/7/1883Martyer Sohanlal Pathak was born.
7/26/1993Swami Chinmayananda is named 1992 Hindu of the Year for a lifetime of dynamic service to Sanatana Dharma worldwide. He attained 'mahasamadhi' on July 26 at age 77.
10/30/1963Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, nationalist, freedom fighter and social worker, died at Madurai.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
9/3/2000National Cricket Academy (NCA) wins the MRF Buchi Babu Cricket tournament in Chennai.
11/2/2000John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI.
3/21/1993The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.