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Historical Event on 5/8/1996

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Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1946Congress Working Committee decides to accept Interim Government scheme.
4/1/1957Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa.
1/7/1956Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy.
1/7/1956The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East.
1/22/1967Atomic Energy Center was renamed after Homi Jahangir Bhabha as 'Bhabha Atomic Research Centre' at Trombay, Mumbai.
8/25/1997Neelam J. Singh rewrites her own discussion mark in the domestic circuit meet in Chennai.
3/18/1998A.B. Vajpayee, the Prime Minister-designate, releases the 'national agenda for governance' in New Delhi. It is silent on the Ram temple issue, scrapping of Article 370 and a uniform civil code.
2/8/1785Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left  India.
10/23/1997I.K. Gujral, PM, leaves for Edinburgh to attend Commonwealth Heads of Govt. Meeting.
2/24/1924Mahatma Gandhi released from jail.