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Historical Event on 5/9/1908
Arkalgudun Krishnarao, Kannad writer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/18/1906 | Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde. |
| 1/21/1980 | Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala. |
| 11/20/1967 | First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station. |
| 7/27/1994 | Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses. |
| 8/29/1993 | Tamil refugees leave Madras for Sri Lanka apparently on their own free will. |
| 3/1/1993 | Narayan Ganesh Goray passed away (1-5-98). |
| 12/19/1917 | Ashoknath Banerjee, Governor of Karnataka, was born. |
| 5/13/1962 | Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67). |
| 6/13/1991 | Shiv Sharma, Doordarshan Director General, was shot at in Delhi by suspected Punjab terrorists. |
| 3/23/1931 | Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting ""Inquilab Zindabad"" (long live the revolution). |
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