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Historical Event on 8/5/1999
Nisha Millet became the first Indian swimmer to receive the International Olympic Committee's Solidarity Scholarship, given to sportspersons with outstanding track record and possessing Olympic potential.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/4/1973 | India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation. |
| 12/26/1989 | The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament. |
| 11/14/1998 | Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies. |
| 4/22/1994 | Sushil, great Jain Muni Acharya, passed away. |
| 5/10/1917 | Ramanand Maru Amin, great novelist, was born in Baloor, Mangalore. |
| 2/16/1896 | Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', great Hindi poet, litterateur, writer, social worker and editor, was born. |
| 10/23/1883 | Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat. |
| 5/4/1990 | Supreme Court directs Central Government to set up a Tribunal to resolve Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. |
| 1/1/1948 | India raised voice against Pakistani infilatration in the country. A complaint was lodged in the Security Council of United Nation on Kashmir invasion. |
| 11/12/1762 | Peshwa surrendered in Battle of Alegaon. |
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