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Historical Event on 5/8/1990

A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1998The Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds the conviction of former Punjab DGP K.P.S. Gill for outraging the modesty of an IAS officer Mrs. Rupan Deol Bajaj.
6/1/1959The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.
10/23/1919Lord Curzon, ex-Viceroy of India, takes over as Former Secretary from Tory leader Arthur Balfour in London
5/5/1942Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi.
2/21/1997J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner.
7/13/1999Militants attack the residential complex of Border Security Force (BSF) in Madar village near Bandipur and take 12 persons as hostages after killing four.
6/12/1891Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July.
1/17/1908Akkineni Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, film producer, was born.
10/1/1992Broadcasting of Zee TV started.
11/2/1774Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat, died. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India.