Year 1815
Malaun of Nepal was captured by General David Ochterlony.
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8 May: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 8 May.
Year 1886
John Pemberton first sold a carbonated beverage named “Coca-Cola” as a patent medicine.
Year 1899
Execution of Indian revolutionary Vasudev Chafekar.
Year 1901
British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 mil. lives since 1899; blames overpopulation.
Year 1910
Tolstoy replies to Gandhiji that question of Passive Resistance is of greatest importance, not only for India but for humanity.
Year 1912
Establishment of Paramount Pictures.
Year 1915
Indian freedom fighters Master Amir Chand and Bhai Balamukund were executed by the British government.
Year 1930
Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest.
Year 1933
Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables.
Year 1933
Mohandas Gandhi began a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement.
Year 1945
World War II – Europe Victory Day – The surrender of Germany to the Allied forces.
Year 1954
Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French.
Year 1959
Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China.
Year 1962
Establishment of Ravindra Bharati University at Kolkata, West Bengal.
Year 1962
Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal.
Year 1963
Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder.
Year 1978
The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
Year 1980
The World Health Organization confirmed the eradication of smallpox.
Year 1990
A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property.
Year 1997
India decides to import currency notes for the first time.
Year 1998
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998.
Year 2004
Muralitharan of Sri Lanka set the record for most Test cricket wickets with 521 wickets.
Born 1828
Henry Dunant, co-founder of the Red Cross.
Born 1884
Harry Truman, the 33rd President of the United States.
Born 1906
Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born.
Born 1916
Chinmayananda Saraswati, Indian spiritual leader and educator (d. 1993)
Born 1916
Ramananda Sengupta, Indian cinematographer
Born 1925
Gururaja Shyamacharya Amur, an Indian literary critic, and author.
Born 1929
Girija Devi, an Indian classical singer of the Seniya and Banaras gharanas.
Born 1938
Javed Burki, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
Born 1970
Michael Bevan, a former Australian cricketer.
Died 1725
John Lovewell, US Indian fighter, passed away in a battle.
Died 1777
Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal.
Died 1794
Antoine Lavoisier, a French nobleman, and chemist
Died 1915
Indian freedom fighters Master Amir Chand and Bhai Balamukund were executed by the British government.
Died 1929
Girija Devi,an Indian classical singer of the Seniya and Banaras gharanas.
Died 1952
William Fox, founder of the Fox Theater.
Died 1972
Pandurang Vaman Kane, a notable Indologist, and Sanskrit scholar.
Died 1992
Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away.
Died 1994
Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away.
Died 1995
Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83.
Died 2013
Zia Fariduddin Dagar, an Indian classical vocalist.
Died 2014
Roger Lee Easton, the principal co-inventor and designer of the Global Positioning System.