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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
10/18/1995President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
9/4/1979India need 438 to win v England, game ends at 8-429.
12/20/2000Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces the Government's decision to extend J&K ceasefire till January 26, 2001.
1/1/1989This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"".
5/1/1995SAARC endorses South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and establishes a South Asian Development Fund (SADF) for the economic and technical development of the subcontinent.
5/14/1994RBI announces tight monetary policy.
3/26/1990Maniben Patel, daughter of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, passed away.
3/26/1938Laxminath Bezbarua, great littearateur of modern Assamia language, passed away.
8/15/1772Divani and Faujdary courts seperated by East India Company.