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Historical Event on 8/5/1604

John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1982MGR inaugurates Tamil Nadu's noon meal programme for poor children.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
3/18/1972First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi.
11/10/1990Chandra Shekhar Singh sworn in as 8th Prime Minister of India. He remained in this office till June 21, 1991 Devilal was sworn in as the Dy. Prime Minister.
3/3/1997Senior Officials Meeting of Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries begins in Mauritius.
1/19/1855G. Subramaniam Iyer, active worker of Indian National Congress since its establishment, was born.
3/15/1997Lok Sabha passes Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 1997.
4/30/1996CBI concludes after 11 1/2 years of investigation that no espionage has taken place in what was dubbed the `ISRO spy scandal case'.
8/25/1919Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, former Chief Minister of Bihar and President of Mandal Commission, was born.
2/16/1994Nivrittibuwa Sarnaik, veteran singer of 'Jaipur Gharana', passed away.