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Historical Event on 5/8/1971

Mohinder Singh Gill at Fresno sets record for TJ in 16.79.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1977N. K. Mukarji was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1980.
4/13/1889Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born.
3/8/1986L.K. Advani elected President of BJP.
9/29/1725Robert Clive, one of the founders of British empire in India and diplomat, was born.
11/15/1621Jahangir captured Kakda Fort.
4/18/1959India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation.
11/16/1915Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, martyr, died.
4/12/1992The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.
10/26/1995India decides to go ahead with Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in the wake of US stand to supply $370 million arms package to Pakistan.
5/22/1991Elections scheduled to be held on 23, 26 deferred to 12, 15 of June.