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Historical Event on 5/8/1959

Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/6/1999INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana.
5/8/1933Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables.
2/6/1994Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait.
9/11/1954Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born.
6/27/1995Environmentalist and 'Chipko' leader, Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna ends the 49-day old fast in demand for a scientific review of the controversial Tehri dam project in UP.
4/19/1998Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
6/22/1971Habib Muhammad died.
1/12/1901Umashankar Dikshit, senior leader of Indira Congress, was born.
11/3/1908Shreyansprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
7/10/1964Bangalore University was established in Karnataka.