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Historical Event on 5/8/1906

Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1935374 infants wed at a mass ceremony.
2/15/1869Mirza ""Galib"" Asad Ullah Beg Khan, famous Urdu poet and writer, passed away.
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6/29/1908Pratapsing Gaekwad, Prince of Baroda, was born.
2/1/1881Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
4/12/1992The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.
2/7/1975Banke Bihar, mystery and religious story writer, passed away.
1/30/1999Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna.
10/21/1997Himachal Pradesh Assembly goes global with inauguration of its website on the Internet.
5/18/1932Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations.