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Historical Event on 5/9/1917
Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India.
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| 4/11/1887 | Jamini Roy, famous artist, was born. |
| 7/1/1997 | Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta. |
| 10/23/1934 | Gandhi resigns as leader of the All India Congress. |
| 9/25/1916 | Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay, great litterateur, philosopher, social worker and first General Secretary of UP branch, was born at Dhankia village, Rajasthan. |
| 10/29/1997 | P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000. |
| 7/30/1622 | Tulsidas, devotee of God Rama Saint, great poet and writer of Ramayana, Hanuman chalisa and many many more, died. There are difference in dates 30/7 or 23/10/1623. |
| 2/7/1981 | 61 die in circus fire in Bangalore. |
| 10/4/1997 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, became inoperable due to power bus anomaly. This satellite had capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. |
| 8/21/1997 | Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India. |
| 5/23/1924 | Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut. |
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