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Historical Event on 8/5/1999

Nisha Millet became the first Indian swimmer to receive the International Olympic Committee's Solidarity Scholarship, given to sportspersons with outstanding track record and possessing Olympic potential.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/7/1999Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble became the second only bowler in Test history after J.C. Laker (England) to take all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan in the second Test in Delhi.
1/8/1947Rajasthan University established at Jaipur.
12/6/199813th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.
9/30/1900Mohommad Ali Chhagla, former central minister, was born.
9/29/1914Japanese vessel 'Kamagata Maru' reached Baj Baj near Calcutta from Vancouver carrying Indian revolutionaries.
11/1/1999SC refuses to interfere with the Delhi High Court order in TRAI case.
8/2/1922Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born.
1/7/1831Heinrich Von Stephan, famous general of postal union and freedom fighter, was born at Pomerania.
3/29/1999A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.
8/10/1991Delhi airport police foils an attempt by a Saudi national to smuggle out a minor girl named Ameena.