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Historical Event on 5/8/1992

Eighth Plan outlay increased to Rs. 7,98,000 crores; Public Sector outlay goes up to 45\%.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/24/1980Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief.
2/2/1930Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away.
12/8/1996Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.)
8/8/1967Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.
7/26/1991Indian, UN Observer Mission in El Salvador joined (ONUSAL from Jul 1991 To Apr 1995).
9/12/1998India, Malaysia sign an agreement on cooperation in science and technology in Kuala Lumpur.
3/9/1951Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born.
3/1/2000P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.
3/1/2000Taimurlang passed away.
8/1/1990Devi Lal, Dy. PM, dropped from Union Cabinet following wild charges he made against colleagues in an interview with the 'Illustrated Weekly'.