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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
6/18/1978The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.
9/23/1999India rejects Pakistan's proposal for an international conference on arms control.
2/12/1993The baggage rules relaxed further.
4/27/1854First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune.
9/14/1997Catholic churches in Kerala introduce the system of serving the holy Eucharist in the palm of the faithful instead of on the tongue.
4/10/1997Kerala becomes the first state to have public telephones in all its villages, accessible over STD/ISD from any part of the world.
8/2/1987Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship.
12/29/1977World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay.
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.
2/1/1968United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi.
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