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Historical Event on 5/8/1971

Mohinder Singh Gill at Fresno sets record for TJ in 16.79.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1965Under the leadership of Commander M. S. Kohli, Indian Trackers concurred Mount Everest. Captain A. S. Chima and Sherpa Nawang Gombu were the first to reach the summit.
9/3/1992Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court.
11/3/1998The first geo-scientific data centre of the country is inaugurated at the Geological Survey of India.
2/10/1916Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged.
4/17/1983Rohini (RS-D2), placed in orbit, was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload. Launched by the second developmental launch of SLV-3.
4/3/1992Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), was formed.
2/28/1918Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
6/4/1955Ministry of Iron & Steel inaugurated.
1/15/1888Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter and President of the Punjab, was born at Amritsar.
9/21/1948Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.