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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
6/23/1930The Simon Commission recommends a federal India and the separation of Burma at London.
10/4/1847Pratapsingh Bhosle, Maratha King, died.
5/18/1912Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay.
8/10/1991Delhi airport police foils an attempt by a Saudi national to smuggle out a minor girl named Ameena.
10/1/1997Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries.
10/1/1997Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India.
6/24/1869Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India.
6/10/194277 Mountain Brigade was raised at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
2/9/1917Homi Talyarkhan, great politician, was born.
4/19/1997I.K. Gujral, External Affairs Minister, chosen leader of United Front in place of Deve Gowda.