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Historical Event on 8/5/1999

The Global Peace March demands demilitarisation of the entire planet.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1994Milind Desai, 12, the youngest editor in Gujarati journalism, died of leukemia.
3/26/1969Vikram Rathour, cricketer (Indian Test opening batsman 1996-), was born in Jalandhar.
8/28/1934Justice Sujata Manohar was born.
6/22/1995India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration.
1/3/1917Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born.
9/30/2000Gen. S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of the Army Staff from Gen. V. P. Malik.
7/6/1992The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers.
1/1/1969B. Sivaraman was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-11-1970.
3/5/1991Congress threatens to withdraw support to the minority government of Chandrasekhar on the issue of police surveillance in Rajiv Gandhi's residence.
4/8/1973India takes control over Sikkim after anti-government riots.