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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
8/26/2000Vijay Kumar wins the Hindu Open Golf championship at the Cosmopolitan Club in Chennai.
10/12/1990Government of India announces a 15\% cut in oil consumption, exempting LPG and kerosene.
12/4/1991Lok Sabha approves a vital bill seeking to bring sick public sector units within the purview of the BIFR.
3/3/1997Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, arrives in New Delhi.
11/21/1993R.F. Botha, Foreign Minister, moots a grouping of Indian Ocean countries.
3/29/1999A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.
5/30/1826The first Hindi newspaper 'Udant Martand' was published from Calcutta under the Editorship of Pandit Shridhar Shukla.
10/1/1959Hon'ble Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1964.
1/8/1987P. G. Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), passed away.
12/1/199217 ministers of the BJP government in Rajasthan quit for the 'Karseva' at Ayodhya.