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Historical Event on 5/9/1997
Hareesh Khandelwal, an accused in the fodder scam, commits suicide by jumping before a train at Dhanbad in Bihar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/1/1994 | Manmohan Desai, famous Hindi film maker, passed away. He was 57. |
| 6/28/1857 | Nana Sahib proclaimed himself as the Peshwa and called for the total extermination of the British power of India at Bithoor. |
| 9/16/1990 | Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War. |
| 8/12/1946 | Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government. |
| 4/1/1889 | Hindu', English language newspaper changed its perodicity from weekly (20/09/1888) to daily. |
| 3/7/1952 | Parmahansa Yogananda, great saint, social reformer and writer, died at Los Angles. |
| 1/14/1927 | M. Aram, famous Hindi writer and educationist, was born in Kulasekharapatnam at Madras. |
| 11/13/1901 | War Secretary Brodrick claimed that Boers were killing natives in large numbers. He intended to withdraw troops from India to fight in S. Africa at London. |
| 8/4/1929 | Kishor Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, was born at Khandava. He is also rememberd as a comic actor, director and musician. |
| 2/2/1921 | Mukundrao Kirloskar was born. |
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