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Historical Event on 5/8/1994

Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/9/1875The Bombay Stock Exchange, the first in India, was constructed under the shade of a large banyan tree.
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
12/28/1952Arun Jaitley, son of Maharaj Kishan Jaitley, was born in New Delhi.
10/12/1991Sonia Gandhi declineed to contest from Amethi.
3/16/1945Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, who was a revolutionary and brother of Swatantriya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, passed away.
3/16/1945Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan) in the battle of Machiwara.
1/22/1683Shri Samarth Ramdas passed away.
10/31/1990Hindus flee Muslim prorsecution in Kashmir Valley.
5/24/1990Surjit Singh Barnala sworn in as Governor of Tamil Nadu.
11/15/1992Praveen Amre scores century (103) on Test Cricket debut vs South Africa at Durban