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Historical Event on 5/8/1990

A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/4/1799Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam.
1/5/1995India receives first consignment of Chinese Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) for the 2 US built Tarapur nuclear plant with the approval of IAEA.
3/23/1986The first women's company of Central Reserve Police Force camp was raised in Durgapur.
5/28/1950Bhagwaticharan, great revolutionary, passed away.
4/27/1854First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune.
11/1/1991J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary.
2/25/1993113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action.
11/1/1949Thomason Collage at Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, was raised to the status of an Engineering University - the first of its kind in India.
4/13/1972Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away.
5/25/1999The Prime Minister declares the Centre will take all possible steps to push back infiltrators in Kargil.