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Historical Event on 5/8/1992
Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away.

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1/21/1993	Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17.
3/31/1977	N. K. Mukarji was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1980.
4/4/1905	More than 10,000 people are feared to have perished in an earthquake that hit the northeast Indian province of Lahore during the night. The town of Dharmsala was almost completely razed to the ground with the entire population rendered homeless and sleeping out in icy conditions. Five hundred Gurkha soldiers were buried alive when their stonebuilt barracks collapsed on them. The towns of Kangra and Palampur have also been leveled to the ground by the worst natural disaster measured at 8 on Ricter Scale. In Lahore, 70 Hindus were killed, Muslim inhabitants were parading in the streets, weeping and offering up prayers with ceremonial rites. Several British administrators and missionaries were known to have been killed or injured. At Simla, Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy, had a close escape from death when a chimney crashed into the room in which she was sleeping.
1/1/1985	Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum.
9/20/1998	India lost the fifth and final match of the Sahara Cup by five wickets. Pakistan won the series 4-1 at Toronto.
2/22/1977	Emergency and 'MISSA' laws were cancelled.
10/29/1961	New All India Muslim League was established.
4/20/2000	A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.
12/30/1906	The All India Muslim League was founded in Dacca by a group of big landlords which included Aga Khan III, The Nawab of Dacca and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk-Salimullah. They supported the Partition of Bengal and called for seperate Muslim electrorates and other safeguard for Muslims.
9/26/1998	Sachin Tendulkar make a record 127 runs against Zimbabwe at Calcutta.

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Historical Event on 5/8/1992 Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away.

Historical Event on 5/8/1992
Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away.