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Historical Event on 8/5/1939

In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1896Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children.
7/29/1748Boscawen landed 25 km south of Pondicherry.
2/1/1827Gordon's Esplanade building was established in Calcutta's Bengal Club.
4/26/1946V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter.
1/10/1996Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.
5/5/1818Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany.
2/21/1953Tillaya Dam and Bokaro Power Station opened by the PM.
8/20/1991Indian Oil Executive Director K. Doraiswamy released after 52 days of being in the custody of Kashmir ultras.
5/17/1775Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo - Maratha war.
1/31/1983The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah.