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Historical Event on 5/8/1901

British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/20/1990Union Government asks Supreme Court to repeal the $470 million Bhopal Gas settlement order.
8/1/1996T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998.
12/22/1977Nalinibala Devi, Assamese poet, passed died.
12/22/1977Firuz Shah captured the throne of Delhi and Sultan Jalal'ud-din Khalji called himself.
1/1/1986Fourth Pay Commission implemented.
1/27/1994Union Cabinet approves inclusion of the land reforms laws in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution.
1/1/199730-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect.
7/2/1991Nanankal Krishna Pillai, famous Malyalam poet, died.
11/23/1897Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born.
12/13/1989Kashmiri militants release the daughter of Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as five of their comrades freed from prison.