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Historical Event on 8/5/1999

The Global Peace March demands demilitarisation of the entire planet.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1993Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam.
10/25/1980Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died.
4/11/1984Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7.
7/7/1799Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers.
12/23/1954Judge Bijan Kumar Mukherjea became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1956.
10/25/1971National Science and Technology Committee established.
7/28/1989Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law.
3/6/2000India and China begin the first ever bilateral security dialogue in Beijing on global and regional issues of mutual interest.
8/5/1992Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86.
11/23/1994100 killed in a stampede of Govari Samaj people during a protest march towards Nagpur Assembly.