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Historical Event on 5/8/1990

A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/18/1634Joannes Camphuys, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), was born.
3/17/1997A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.
11/3/1948Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, delivered his maiden speech in United Nations Organisation (U.N.O.) General Assembly.
9/23/1743Sawai Jaising died.
10/6/2000Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress chief, withdraws her resignation from the Union Cabinet of Ministers.
11/19/1962Nehru asks more US aid as China drives into India in New Delhi.
8/12/1991Parliament passes the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (prevention) amendment bill.
11/11/2000Harin Pathak, Union Minister of State for Defence, resigns after being chargesheeted by a sessions court in Ahmedabad in a case relating to the murder of a head constable at the height of the anti-reservation agitation in 1985.
1/29/1996S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.
7/5/1857Baigum Hazrat Mahal again attack on Lucknow.