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Historical Event on 5/9/1959
Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil, founder of Rayat Educational Institute, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/6/1889 | Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, journalist and leader, was born. |
| 7/26/1910 | Unrest flares up in the Deccan region of India. Demand grows for self-determination. |
| 6/27/1999 | India won the four-nation under-21 women's hockey title, defeating England in the final at the Kean University, New Jersey. |
| 3/24/1896 | Thiripad V. T. Bhatt, author and journalist, was born. |
| 10/16/1968 | Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene. |
| 5/17/1994 | Nar Bahadur Bhandari voted out in Sikkim; Sikkim Sangram Parishad leader Sanchaman Limboo takes over as CM. |
| 7/6/1960 | The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960. |
| 1/29/1781 | First Newspaper, J.A.Hickey's Bengal Gazette - January 29, 1781. |
| 10/31/1984 | Rajiv Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister of India by Gyani Zail Singh, President of India, at New Delhi. He held this office till December 1, 1989. |
| 6/11/1999 | India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men. |
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