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Historical Event on 5/8/1998

Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/5/1931Gandhiji leaves England for India.
7/4/1995Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi.
2/8/1959The Report of the Committee of Parliament constituted under Article 344 (4) of the constitution was submitted to the President.
1/5/1955Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal).
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra.
4/20/1954Panchsheel agreement between China and India.
6/12/1952J&K Assembly decided to terminate hereditary monarchy.
8/10/1992Ram Niwas Mirdha appointed Chairman of the JPC on scam.
11/25/1990Sri Lanka all out at 82, Venkatapathy Raju (I) 6-12 off 17.5 overs.
10/1/1993The IAF joined in peace keeping duties in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations.