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Historical Event on 5/8/1995

Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1946Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi.
9/2/1946Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal), modern Bengali poet and critic, passed away.
4/14/1919Gandhiji confesses at Nadiad his ""Himalayan Miscalculation"" regarding satyagraha martial law declared in Punjab.
8/4/1967World's longest and highest Dam 'Nagarjun Sagar' made by Masonary System was inaugrated.
6/13/2000Major General Manuel Saavedra of Uruguay appointed Chief Military observer of the U.N. Mission monitoring the LoC in Kashmir.
3/26/1942Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India, was married to Feroze Gandhi.
6/11/1984574 Sikh army deserters arrested.
6/4/1903Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
3/12/1991Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray admits to an Opposition-sponsored motion for removal of the Supreme Court Judge V. Ramaswamy for alleged misappropriation of public funds, and sets up a three-Judge committee to investigate.
2/17/1918S. V. Kumaraswamy, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1961-62, was born at Tamil Nadu.