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Historical Event on 5/8/1996

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Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1928Arun Kumar Seal, educationist, was born at Vishnupur.
12/11/1908New law suspends trial by jury and increases penalties for 'sedition.'
3/30/1923New financial measures come into force, including restoration of Salt Tax.
2/2/1788Pitt's Regulatory Act was was introduced to modify the Indian Administration and put further controls on Government of India after the 1784 Bill.
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
10/9/1992Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail.
12/20/1999The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender.
2/18/1823Gopal Hari Deshmukh, lokhitwadi, was born.
11/8/1965British Indian Ocean Territory formed.
12/28/1883Under the leadership of Surendra Nath Banerji, the political group of Bengal organised National Conference as ""Bharat Sabha"".