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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
6/18/1879Venketeshwar Bachhali, famous physics scientist, was born.
11/15/1992Praveen Amre scores century (103) on Test Cricket debut vs South Africa at Durban
4/4/1858Rani Laxmibai fled to Gwalior through Kalpi after giving a solid blow to British troops.
1/28/1992Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.
1/28/1894Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda.
2/1/2000The Centre decides to place almost all items under the automatic approval route for foreign direct investment and NRI and OCB investments.
9/22/1687Aurangzeb ended Kutubshah kingdom.
11/26/1949Constitution of India was adopted
10/15/1992Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab.
10/13/1999Janata Dal (United) snap ties with the BJP in Karnataka