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Historical Event on 5/9/1995
Abha Gandhi, servant to Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. He was 68 years.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/19/1979 | T. R. Baalu was born in Thalikottai, Distt. Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu). |
| 10/19/1979 | Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans. |
| 7/3/1948 | H. M. S. Auchils was taken over by Indian Navy. |
| 10/30/1999 | The Central Ministerial team led by Mr. Advani is prevented from making an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wrecked by the super cyclone. |
| 4/1/1918 | Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain. |
| 2/26/1976 | V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'. |
| 2/28/1930 | Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates. |
| 2/12/2000 | 17 persons, including 12 police personnel, die as naxalites strike terror during the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly. |
| 11/13/1962 | Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died |
| 3/18/1972 | First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi. |
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