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Historical Event on 8/5/1999
Nisha Millet became the first Indian swimmer to receive the International Olympic Committee's Solidarity Scholarship, given to sportspersons with outstanding track record and possessing Olympic potential.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/20/1994 | Chinese film 'Farewell, My Concubine' and Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Vidheyan' adjudged best Foreign and Indian films in the 25th International Film Festival at Calcutta. |
| 8/1/1994 | The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force. |
| 8/5/1969 | Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-), was born in Bangalore. |
| 5/26/2000 | Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai. |
| 6/24/1991 | The first-ever BJP ministry led by Kalyan Singh takes over in UP. |
| 9/18/1909 | Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born. |
| 5/6/1922 | Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer of Kolhapur, passed away at Bombay. He was 48. |
| 11/16/1883 | Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and journalist, was born at Varanasi. |
| 1/21/1956 | Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries. |
| 4/16/1993 | The Supreme Court stays the operation of M.P. High Court's order quashing President's rule in the state. |
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