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Historical Event on 5/8/1815

Malaun of Nepal was captured by General David Ochterlony.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1994Union Cabinet approves inclusion of the land reforms laws in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution.
12/5/1950Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India.
6/11/1991Forty die in rioting in Srinigar, Kashmir.
12/26/1985Rajiv Gandhi and Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq meet in Delhi and agree not to attack nuclear plants in each other's country.
12/27/1998Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus.
3/9/1650Saint Tukaram Maharaj, famous saint of Maharashtra, passed away.
8/27/1994Indian soldiers and Muslim militants clash in Kashmir.
5/19/1969Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering 20,000 homeless.
10/6/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes.
10/18/1861Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya, historian and researcher, was born.