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Historical Event on 5/8/1962

Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal.

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12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
2/6/1953Congress, PSP, CP and Jansangh recognised as All India parties by the Election Commission.
5/11/1985Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence.
1/14/1946Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
2/10/1921Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and nobel prize winner, passed away.
7/18/1634Joannes Camphuys, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), was born.
3/4/1994Lech Walesa, Polish President, visit India.
4/24/1965Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal.
2/23/1932The N. W. Frontier province is created.
3/4/1895Surendra Singh Majithia, great industrialist, was born.