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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
12/14/1998The Government introduces the controversial Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.
4/10/1937Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away.
5/2/1908Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.
5/2/1908Saint Chokhoba passed away.
11/15/1992At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
3/24/1990Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.
10/9/1963Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.
8/15/1867Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'.
7/2/1929Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died.
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