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Historical Event on 5/8/1998
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/9/1998 | Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India. |
| 12/6/1931 | Bengal Congress to boycott British goods. |
| 3/9/1997 | Bangladesh and Chakma refugee leaders sign a historic agreement for repatriation of the 50,000 refugees sheltered in six camps in Tripura for the past 11 years. |
| 5/2/1996 | General Election 2nd phase begins in 204 LS and 223 Assembly constituencies spread over 17 States & union territories. |
| 8/14/1947 | Pakistan was partitioned from India. Gandhiji hailed the following day as one of rejoicing for deliverance from British bondage. |
| 3/11/1903 | Shrinagesh M. M, former General, was born. |
| 3/16/2000 | Rabri Devi, Bihar Chief Minister, wins trust vote. |
| 3/17/1989 | Daily newspaper 'Sakal' published its edition in South Maharashtra. |
| 9/5/1888 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), panentheist, great renaissance philosopher, eminent writer, free India's first vice-president and second president, was born at Tiruttani near Madras. |
| 5/17/1996 | Four members (Sange Sherpa, Hira Ram, Tashi Ram, Nadre Sherpa) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition climb Mount Everest from the Chinese side. |
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