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Historical Event on 5/8/1992
Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/19/1997 | Bengal wins Santosh Trophy National Football championship in Jabalpur. |
| 1/19/1997 | Muhammad Tughluq Shah II passed away at Sindh. |
| 11/5/1997 | Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents. |
| 5/15/1817 | Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born. |
| 9/21/1984 | National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources and National Institute of Animal Genetics were set up. These institutes were initially located in the campus of southern regional station of National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore. They were then shifted to Karnal in July 1985. |
| 6/8/1998 | A Disaster Management Cell (DMC) under the direct command of the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air Command, was set up at the Command Operations Room to liaise with the State Government and initiate necessary actions. All aircrafts were evacuated from IAF bases at Jamnagar, Bhuj and Naliya and flown to pre-determined destinations. In this meticulously planned and smoothly executed drill, more than 60 aircrafts (including helicopters) were flown out. |
| 1/2/1878 | Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and first president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, was born at Perunna village, Kerala State. |
| 1/2/1878 | Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab. |
| 6/5/1961 | Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star, was born. He was also the winner of Junior Wimbledon 1979. |
| 10/31/1990 | Hindus flee Muslim prorsecution in Kashmir Valley. |
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