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Historical Event on 9/5/1997

Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/1612Khurram prince was married to Arjumand Banu Begum.
12/4/1989Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan.
2/4/1938Birju Maharaj, famous Kathak Dancer ""Guru"", was born.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
9/17/1999India and the United States begin high level consultations to find ways on countering terrorism.
5/30/1919Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
10/20/1990Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died.
1/8/2000The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.
1/10/1839Tea from India first arrives in UK.
6/1/1970Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was enforced. This act was passed in 1969.