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Historical Event on 9/5/1979
Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/11/1991 | Meghalaya placed under President's rule. |
| 3/9/1951 | Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born. |
| 6/17/1862 | Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died. |
| 3/30/1913 | B. S. Soman, first Admiral of India, was born. |
| 8/18/1900 | Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born. |
| 6/11/1931 | Purushottam Vishnu Behre, great editor, story and novel writer, was born. |
| 12/25/1943 | Japanese bombers raid Chittagong. |
| 4/14/1995 | India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah. |
| 11/25/1948 | National Cadet Corps was first established. |
| 12/31/1929 | At the Lahore session, under the Presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress adopted a resolution of 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence), the slogan given by Gandhiji. The tricolour flag of freedom was unfurled and 26th January 1930 was decided to be celebrated as Independence day every year. This session led to Civil Disobedience Movement, Dandi March to break the Salt Law, etc. |
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