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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 |
| 5/19/1993 | Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines. |
| 6/20/1918 | K.K. Singh, politician and social worker, was born at Agra. |
| 10/4/1997 | Two top executives of Turkish firm 'Karsan', accused in Rs. 133 crore urea import scam case, were remanded to police custody. |
| 12/11/1881 | Subramania Bharati was born at Ettaiyapuram. |
| 7/31/1993 | Zafar Saifullah was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1994. |
| 8/1/1879 | Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 6/20/1993 | Harshad Mehta's senior counsel Ram Jethmalani asks JPC to summon the PM and allow cross-examination. |
| 9/9/1952 | Kishorlal Ghanshamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, passed away. |
| 9/30/1989 | INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay. |
| 3/1/1960 | National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project. |
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