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Historical Event on 5/8/1725

John Lovewell, US Indian fighter, passed away in a battle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/6/1952Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education.
3/29/1996SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari).
9/21/2000J.W. Singh, suspended Mumbai High Court judge facing charges of extortion in nexus with the underworld, dismissed from judicial service.
1/6/1989Satwant Singh (24) and Kehar Singh (54) executed for the murder case of Smt. Indira Gandhi in Tihar Jail at New Delhi.
8/1/1994The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force.
1/23/1814Sir Alexander Canningham, Indian Archeologist, was born.
5/17/1857Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.
10/4/1999Kerala High Court orders Election Commission to booth-wise counting. The EC is likely to move the Supreme Court against this order.
2/20/1999India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service.
5/4/1994Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service.