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Historical Event on 5/8/1992

Eighth Plan outlay increased to Rs. 7,98,000 crores; Public Sector outlay goes up to 45\%.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/2/1965The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India).
8/1/1920Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindu leader, died at Bombay.
10/26/1981Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died.
4/24/199824 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.
9/29/1959Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.
9/1/1909Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University.
12/31/1984Rajiv Gandhi was sworn is as the 6th Prime Minister of India. He succeeded his mother Indira Gandhi. He became the Prime Minister of India for a second time and first time after elections.
5/25/1937Munshi Ajmeri passed away.
2/12/1987Mahamayaprasad Sinha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.