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Historical Event on 5/8/1990

Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/16/1994IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit.
1/17/1992Shankar Ramchandra (Mamrao Date), veteran journalist, passed away.
6/22/1897The Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter.
4/26/1999India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.
12/29/1975D.K. Barooah elected Congress President.
12/10/1993Kerala Congress(M) splits; Four MLAs, including Minister T.M.Jacob, expelled.
11/11/1906Chetput Ramaswami Pattabhi Raman, politician and social worker, was born at Madras.
3/10/1995ONGC's oil rig that blew out ( January 8 ) at Pasalapudi site near Amalapuram (Andhra Pradesh) put out after 62 days.
11/18/1972Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'
8/13/1928Nationalists issue a draft constitution calling for dominion status and a two-chamber parliament.