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Historical Event on 8/5/1999

Nisha Millet became the first Indian swimmer to receive the International Olympic Committee's Solidarity Scholarship, given to sportspersons with outstanding track record and possessing Olympic potential.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/23/1994Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev.
9/18/1995Kaka Hathrasi, famous comedy poet, died.
3/14/1910Dalai Lama makes a rare state visit to the Viceroy of Calcutta.
5/19/1990S. R. Bommai unanimously elected President of JD.
6/20/1911Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died.
7/12/1960Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar.
10/16/1999Congress (I)-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine is invited to form the Government in Maharashtra. Vilasrao Deshmukh to be sworn in as Chief Minister.
4/18/1858Bharatratna Dhondo Keshav Karve, great educationalist and social reformer, was born.
8/13/1993All the TDP MLAs suspended from Andhra Pradesh Assembly.
11/28/1990President's rule imposed in Assam. Assembly kept in suspended animation. United Liberation Front of Assam and National Socialist Council of Nagaland banned.