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Historical Event on 5/9/1981
Pandit Sundarlal, great revolutionary and writer of 'Bharat Mein Angreji Raj', passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/16/1999 | Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99' |
| 8/7/1988 | N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front. |
| 11/18/1974 | Telex Service started between India and Pakistan. |
| 7/14/1992 | The Lok Sabha passes a bill seeking to confer on the President the powers of the Legislature of J&K. |
| 7/28/1994 | Sudhakarrao Naik, G. Ramanujam and O. N. Srivastava appointed Governors. |
| 6/11/1991 | Forty die in rioting in Srinigar, Kashmir. |
| 2/12/1985 | Fire aboard M.V. Chidambaram, an Indian liner sailing from Singapore to Madras, killed 34 people. |
| 1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
| 6/17/1991 | Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away. |
| 4/30/1977 | Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed. |
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