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Historical Event on 5/8/1998
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/24/1908 | Gopinath, famous Kathakali dancer, was born. |
| 1/1/1985 | United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"". |
| 11/14/1926 | Piloo H. Mody, social reformer, politician and architect, was born at Bombay. |
| 3/9/1897 | Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official). |
| 9/5/1612 | East India Company's Navy eastablished. |
| 3/20/1959 | For the first time, officials of the Indian government confirmed reports of widespread resistance to the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet. Open warfare erupted in the capital city of Lhasa. |
| 6/4/1936 | Nutan, film actress, was born. |
| 10/12/1995 | Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI. |
| 4/26/1929 | British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India. |
| 12/30/1941 | Gandhiji, at his own request, is relieved of hi-leadership of Congress by Working Committee. |
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