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Historical Event on 5/8/1971
Mohinder Singh Gill at Fresno sets record for TJ in 16.79.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1937 | Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22), was born in Delhi. |
| 5/5/1903 | Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu). |
| 2/21/1829 | Kittur Rani Channamma, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. |
| 6/2/1965 | The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India). |
| 6/2/1965 | Mughals, under the leadership of Akbar, defeated Hindu ruler Hemu in the second battle of Panipat. |
| 11/16/1993 | Kashmir's 32-day-old Hazaratbal impasse ends with militants' surrender. |
| 1/20/2000 | J&K accepts the report of the State Autonomy committee tabled in the Assembly last year. |
| 7/11/1973 | India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds. |
| 8/10/1993 | Narayan Keshav Upasni, famous educationist, passed away. |
| 11/11/1958 | Inauguration of 'Indian', first one in Indian Explosive Ltd's factory at Gomia. |
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