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Historical Event on 5/8/1959
Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/11/1930 | A cyclonic storm blew a train off the rails near Himmatnagar, Gujarat, killing at least one person and injuring many more. |
| 11/18/1999 | Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including its Chief Commander, are killed in a fierce encounter with Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 4/17/1946 | Bellary Raghava, famous actor, social worker, lawyer and dramatist, passed away. |
| 2/21/1992 | Congress scores nearly three-fourth majority in Punjab Assembly elections. |
| 4/15/1984 | Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India. |
| 2/12/1890 | Shastri A. R. Krishna was born. |
| 2/8/1936 | Jawaharlal Nehru elected president of Indian National Congress. |
| 2/1/1994 | ONGC becomes a Public Limited Company. |
| 3/25/1987 | Marxist-led alliance gets majority in Kerala and West Bengal elections . |
| 7/25/1995 | India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95). |
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