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Historical Event on 5/8/1997

India decides to import currency notes for the first time.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/27/1781Haider Ali and the Britishers fought the battle of Pallilore.
2/7/1997Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''.
4/17/1917V.Sp. Manickam, famous Hndi writer, was born at Melasivapuri (Pudukkottai).
10/10/1964Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York.
5/1/1992Seperate secretariat was established for primary education.
3/22/2000India's first third generation satellite 'Insat-3B' put in orbit by Europe's latest Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guyana.
4/5/1993G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards.
2/11/1996Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta.
8/9/1963India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow.
2/20/1950Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, journalist, leader and elder brother of Subhashchandra Bose, passed away.