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Historical Event on 5/8/1901
British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/2/1989 | France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta. |
| 1/18/1994 | Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM. |
| 12/7/1989 | Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister. |
| 2/24/1948 | The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in favour of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February. |
| 9/4/1983 | INSAT-1B runs into snag, its solar array fails to deploy fully. |
| 12/30/1974 | Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi. |
| 1/28/1900 | General K.M. Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, was born at Sanivara, Santhai (Coorg). |
| 9/27/1908 | Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born. |
| 3/31/1997 | Lakhubhai Pathak, prominent NRI businessman who had accused Narasimha Rao of cheating $ 100,000, died in London. |
| 9/16/1997 | General Manager of Tata Tea remanded to judicial custody on charges of abetting and aiding ULFA. |
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