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Historical Event on 5/8/1815

Malaun of Nepal was captured by General David Ochterlony.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1999The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ''Pinaka'' is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa.
12/23/1845Rasbhihari Ghosh, famous patriot and law expert, was born.
5/8/1725John Lovewell, US Indian fighter, passed away in a battle.
9/29/2000Nayudu award goes to former India cricket captain Lt. Col. Hemu Adhikari.
3/31/1992The new five-year Export-Import policy relaxes restrictions.
2/4/1948Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur.
4/22/1996National Stock Exchange launches a new equity index - the NSE 50.
9/15/1953S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly.
9/2/1993Vice Admiral V.S. Shekhawat appointed new naval chief.
9/26/1911Prat Kumar Sinha, cricket Test empire for 2 tests from 1948-53, was born in Bengal.