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Historical Event on 9/5/1997

Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/5/1997Guru Ramdasji died. His son Arjun Dev succeeded him and changed the offerings to the Guru into a regular tax.
7/1/1999The Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP) of Shankersinh Waghela merges with Congress(I).
12/5/1931Jayant G. Nadkarni, former Admiral of Indian Navy, was born.
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
12/25/1969India all out for 163 at Madras vs Australia, Ashley Mallett takes 5-91.
2/22/1948Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born.
11/11/1675Aurangzeb executes Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur thus beginning the Sikh-Muslim feud that continues to this day.
9/13/1906Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, was born at Sylhet (Bangladesh).
2/15/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema.