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Historical Event on 5/8/1815

Malaun of Nepal was captured by General David Ochterlony.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1958Metric System of weights was introduced in India.
8/4/1935Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935.
8/1/1970Bhopal University was established.
3/7/1974T. T. Krishnamachari, former Finance Minister, passed away.
9/9/1999Mr. V. Sudarshan, Foreign Editor of The Pioneer till recently gets the Appan Menon Award.
3/31/1992The new five-year Export-Import policy relaxes restrictions.
4/6/1966Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone).
1/12/1906Pandit Mahadeo Shastri Joshi, dictionary creator, was born.
4/12/1983Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
12/1/1885Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar, famous Gandhian Gujrathi llitterateur and educationist, was born at Satara in Maharashtra.