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Historical Event on 5/8/1901

British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/14/1999At least 51 persons are killed and several injured in a stampede at a hilltop at Pampa on the foothills of Sabarimala in Kerala.
4/19/1998Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
7/24/1932Madhukar Devram Toradmal, famous actor and playwright, was born.
9/20/1857British troops conquered Delhi from the Mutineers.
1/8/2000The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.
8/17/1911Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.
7/31/1948State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta.
6/3/1993K N Venkatasubramanian,IOC Chairman, suspended for leaking information about oil purchase plans to international dealers.
11/23/1991Bhaskaracharya Research Institute established at Dhule.
11/16/1983Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game.