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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
10/10/1946Noakhali Massacre.
2/19/1993German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.
1/7/1859The Bahadur Shah II case trial was started, which ended on March 29.
1/19/1910Vinayak Damodar Karnaki (Master Vinayak), famous Marathi actor, director and producer, was born.
11/12/1946Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya died at the age of 85.
10/10/1957Jagdeep', a children's film, won the first prize at the Ninth International Exhibition of Films for Children at Venice.
7/1/1949M. Venkaiah Rangaiah Naidu was born in Chavatapalem, Distt. Nellore (Andhra Pradesh).
9/17/1899First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa.
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
5/8/1996Poll counting begins.