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Historical Event on 5/8/1997

India decides to import currency notes for the first time.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1965Under the leadership of Commander M. S. Kohli, Indian Trackers concurred Mount Everest. Captain A. S. Chima and Sherpa Nawang Gombu were the first to reach the summit.
12/13/1772Narayan Rao became the Peshwa at Satara.
5/18/1999R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai.
2/23/1932The N. W. Frontier province is created.
7/29/1980India won Gold Medal in Hockey at Moscow Olympics.
7/9/2000India clinches the inaugural Asian Cricket Council under-15 championship in Kuala Lumpur.
10/26/1995India decides to go ahead with Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in the wake of US stand to supply $370 million arms package to Pakistan.
6/30/1914Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.
12/20/1993Jaichandran Nair, Colonel Neelkantan, died.
8/21/1990Prasar Bharati Bill moved in the Lok Sabha .