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Historical Event on 5/8/1990

Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/18/1972First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi.
3/18/1972Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire.
2/7/1993Medium-range surface to surface missile, 'Prithvi' successfully launched for the 10th time.
12/30/1803East India Comapny captured Dehli, Agra and Bharooch.
12/24/2000The Government re-instates Dr. R.S.Paroda as the Director-General of the ICAR.
5/13/2000Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia.
10/1/1998Anxiety in stock market after UTI's US-64 scheme is reported to have paid dividend, eating out of its capital.
5/19/1993Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines.
4/3/1857Queen Victoria declared as Queen of India also.
12/27/1929Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the national flag at the All India National Congress session held in Lahore. They resolved for ""Purna Swaraj"" (complete independence) on the instance of Gandhiji, the Viceroy of India that time was Lord Irwin.