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Historical Event on 5/8/1954
Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/7/1990 | Government of India bans strikes in any service in any oil field or refinery under the Essential Services Maintenance Act. |
| 1/8/1992 | Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent. |
| 1/23/1996 | Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93. |
| 10/9/1992 | Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail. |
| 9/26/1904 | R. V. Jagirdar, famous Kannad play writer, was born. |
| 8/25/1919 | Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, former Chief Minister of Bihar and President of Mandal Commission, was born. |
| 10/1/1992 | Broadcasting of Zee TV started. |
| 10/1/1992 | Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi. |
| 12/30/1879 | Shri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), modern Hindu Advaita renaissance saint of Maharshi Research Institute, philosopher and yogi, was born in Tiruchuzhi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu. |
| 2/19/1997 | Massive blowout in ONGC oil field at Devarapally, A.P. |
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