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Historical Event on 5/8/1995

Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/27/1991Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed.
2/11/1979Cellular Jail, which is situated at Andaman Nikobar Islands, was declared as a National Memorial.
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
8/27/1952Vigyan Mandir inaugurated at Nazafgarh Road, New Delhi.
12/14/199410 IAF personnel of the first batch were reinducted and the last batch left on 20th Dec 94. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion.
7/19/2000The Centre has no locus standi in Thackeray case, says the Prime Minister and rejects the resignations of Shiv Sena nominees in the Union Cabinet-- Manohar Joshi, Suresh Prabhu and Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil.
10/23/1973Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died.
9/24/1995Kanpur University renamed as Chhatrapati Shahu University.
10/1/1909Gandhiji wrote to Tolstoy regarding Passive Resistance movement.
9/16/1932Ronald Ross, bacteriologist and member of Indian Medical Service, died in London. He had also received a Nobel Prize.