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Historical Event on 5/8/1996

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Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1995Prabhakar Barve,painter of international fame, passed away.
1/1/1986Fourth Pay Commission implemented.
1/1/1986Guru Ramdasji died. His son Arjun Dev succeeded him and changed the offerings to the Guru into a regular tax.
6/24/1869Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India.
4/22/1942The Telecommunication Training Centre was established at Jabalpur.
4/22/1942Chaitanya Maha Prabhu, vaishnav Sant, passed away. His mortal remains at Puri.(9/7or 29/6).
7/22/199824-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
7/29/1998The Pratapsingh Rane Ministry in Goa is dismissed. The Governor instals Dr. Wilfred Desouza as Chief Minister.
7/13/1930Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India.
5/31/1968F.V. Arul became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 06/05/71).