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Historical Event on 5/8/1998
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/5/1968 | Narottam Nagar, veteran hindi writer, passed away. |
| 7/6/1930 | Balmurlikrishna, famous singer, was born. |
| 10/16/1959 | National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi. |
| 5/21/1835 | Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born. |
| 11/7/1974 | South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup. |
| 12/28/1907 | Vitthal Narayan Kothiwale, great author, was born at Garoth (Malva). |
| 2/18/1823 | Gopal Hari Deshmukh, lokhitwadi, was born. |
| 11/8/2000 | Queen Ingrid (90), Denmark's Swedish born queen mother and great-grand daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in Copenhagen. |
| 11/28/1962 | K. C. Dey, well-known famous blind singer of Bengal, died. |
| 10/21/1950 | China invades Tibet. |
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