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Historical Event on 5/8/1959
Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/23/1928 | Narasimha Murtey, educationist, was born at Nandur, A.P. |
| 6/21/1906 | Vyomeshchandra Banerjee, first president of All India Congress, passed away. |
| 9/29/1992 | Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes put India into the World round of 16 nations in the Davis Cup tennis by defeating Britain (4-1) |
| 1/21/1981 | Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, passed away. |
| 2/1/1901 | Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded. |
| 11/15/1988 | Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet. |
| 1/6/1959 | Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj, cricketer (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982), was born in Chandigarh. |
| 5/30/1999 | India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions. |
| 1/21/1997 | First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government. |
| 9/29/1998 | ISRO successfully launches its largest sounding rocket, Rohini (RH-560 mk, 11 total payload, 127 kg). |
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