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Historical Event on 5/8/1994

Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1989Gwal Pahari in Haryana switched on the solar energy centre of the first pilot 50 kilowatt solar power plant.
9/6/1993CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M).
6/15/1948Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, passed away.
2/16/1986The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.
4/3/1988Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan.
7/26/1993Swami Chinmayananda is named 1992 Hindu of the Year for a lifetime of dynamic service to Sanatana Dharma worldwide. He attained 'mahasamadhi' on July 26 at age 77.
11/3/1992Premnath, hero and villan of Hindi film industry, passed away.
2/18/1992Sikh extremists murder 17 people in Punjab.
4/2/1980S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981.
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.