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Historical Event on 8/5/1981
Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/19/1993 | S. W. Sohoni, 4 Tests for India, 83 runs @ 16.6, 2 wkts @ 101, passed away. |
| 6/13/2000 | Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, announces a one-time settlement of outstanding loans below Rs. 10 crores in a move aimed at ridding the public sector banks of Rs. 51,000 crores of bad loans. |
| 11/11/1998 | India objects to Washington's discrimination in easing sanctions against New Delhi and Islamabad, clamped in the wake of the nuclear tests by the two countries. |
| 1/3/1987 | Dr. Harekrishna Mehtab, former Chief Minister of Orrisa and Governer of Mumbai State, died. |
| 1/3/1987 | General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India. |
| 2/26/1874 | Sursingh Takhtsingh Gohil `Kalapi', famous Gujrati poet, was born. |
| 5/7/1973 | The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 4/26/1973 | Judge A.N. Ray became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 28/01/1977. |
| 9/24/1999 | India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam. |
| 9/8/1972 | Vijay Singh Chauhan sets record for decathlon by 7378/7306 points at Munich. |
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