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Historical Event on 5/8/1997
India decides to import currency notes for the first time.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/13/1998 | India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan. |
| 12/16/1867 | Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus. |
| 12/16/1867 | Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj. |
| 3/30/1699 | Guru Govind Singh the 10th Guru of Sikh's established 'Khalsa Panth'. |
| 10/20/1990 | Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died. |
| 7/30/1622 | Tulsidas, devotee of God Rama Saint, great poet and writer of Ramayana, Hanuman chalisa and many many more, died. There are difference in dates 30/7 or 23/10/1623. |
| 10/18/1712 | Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born. |
| 4/5/1614 | Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. |
| 5/1/1996 | Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case). |
| 12/31/1929 | At the Lahore session, under the Presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress adopted a resolution of 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence), the slogan given by Gandhiji. The tricolour flag of freedom was unfurled and 26th January 1930 was decided to be celebrated as Independence day every year. This session led to Civil Disobedience Movement, Dandi March to break the Salt Law, etc. |
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