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Historical Event on 5/8/1996

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Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1938Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, famous Hindi litterateur and editor, passed away.
7/31/1996Supreme Court exempts Rao from appearing in CMM court personally.
3/1/1997India under-19 team wins third `Test', claims three-test series 2-0 win in Matara.
10/24/1945UNO Day.
5/27/1964Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister and architect of modern India, passed away at the age of 74.
5/29/1947Establishment of Indian Standard Institution.
12/10/1907Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature.
12/29/1977World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay.
8/21/1986Nine-member Cong-MNF coalition ministry headed by MNF President Laldenga sworn-in in Aizawl.
1/3/1931Yashwant Dinkar Phadke, great critic of literature, was born.