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Historical Event on 5/8/1954

Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/7/1995Rajan Pillai, 47, died because of denial of timely medical attention by Tihar jail authorities and also within 24 hours of rejection of his plea for medical treatment at Escorts Hospital by the court.
7/7/1995Property Tax was passed.
9/20/1993First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit.
5/5/1986Controversial Muslim Women Bill passed by Lok Sabha.
3/25/1927Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.
8/15/1996Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day.
2/27/1997CBI arrests godman Chandraswami for alleged offences in violation of Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act, 1976.
5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
2/2/1959Indira Gandhi was elected the president of the ruling Congress Executive Party. Thereby Congress spilt,and leftist formed Swantantra Party.
9/10/1977The Planning Commission decides to introduce the Rolling Plan concept.