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Historical Event on 5/8/1971
Mohinder Singh Gill at Fresno sets record for TJ in 16.79.
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| 2/11/1981 | Australia all out for 83 vs India at MCG. They were chasing 143 to win. |
| 8/12/1998 | Uttarancha State plan meets with difficulty owing to differences on inclusion of Udham Singh Nagar and Hardwar district. |
| 8/14/1998 | The Government transferred Revenue Secretary N. K. Singh and Finance Secretary Montek Singh Ahluwalia. |
| 1/1/1989 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"". |
| 1/23/1897 | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader and freedom fighter, was born at Cuttack. At the age of 23, he was ranked fourth in the I.C.S. Examination in London and fought against the British with his Azad Hind Fauj in the second World War. |
| 8/16/1965 | Indian troops cross Kashmir line, seizes two Pakistani outposts. |
| 5/30/1955 | Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Indian Worker's Movement, passed away. |
| 4/20/1887 | Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born. |
| 1/16/1973 | Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976. |
| 1/20/1997 | The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg. |
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