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Historical Event on 9/5/1997
CBI chargesheets former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief for possessing assets disproportionate to his income.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/20/1991 | General Election (10th) of India begins. |
| 8/15/1872 | Sri Aurobindo Man Mohan Ghosh born in Calcutta. He was a renaissance yoga philosopher, freedom fighter and teacher. His 30-volume work discusses the 'superman', a metaphor for the divinely transformed individual soul. He withdrew from the world in 1910 and founded International Ashram in Pondicherry. |
| 6/18/1918 | A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous poet of Malayalam language, critic and master of grammer, passed away. |
| 2/3/1969 | Thiru Conjeevaram Natrajan Annadurai ""Anna"", a great patriot, writer, editor, orator, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and the commencer of Dravid Movement, passed away. He was the key person in formation of Anna Dramuk Party. |
| 3/22/2000 | P. Shanmugham sworn in Chief Minister of Pondicherry. |
| 12/24/2000 | Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran. |
| 5/31/1968 | F.V. Arul became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 06/05/71). |
| 5/13/1905 | Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth President of India, was born at Delhi. |
| 12/11/1991 | R. G. Sardesai, veteran journalist, died. |
| 2/6/1990 | Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown. |
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