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Historical Event on 5/8/1994

Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1934Buta Singh, former Home Minister of India, was born.
6/15/1953Internal Air Route Corporation of India was established.
7/26/1874Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born.
3/26/1993Surajkund AICC okays dual posts for Narasimha Rao.
4/23/1987Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956.
1/24/1966Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board.
1/24/1950Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected to become the first President of India and 'Jana Gana Mana....' was accepted as the National Anthem of the country.
11/24/1932The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything.
11/30/2000CBI files fresh cases against JMM MPs Shibu Soren, Simon Marandi and Suraj Mandal on charges of possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.
1/5/2000Tamil Nadu regains Subbiah Pillai Trophy one day cricket tournament.