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Historical Event on 5/8/1998

Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/13/1993All the TDP MLAs suspended from Andhra Pradesh Assembly.
5/8/1954Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French.
4/20/1914Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.
5/29/1936Gandhi's eldest son creates a controversy as he converts to the Muslim faith.
8/20/1885First meeting of the Indian National Congress held.
1/12/1996Supreme Court holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill.
7/25/1929Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born.
10/11/1737A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.
5/25/1877Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers.
7/8/1985Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu.