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Historical Event on 5/9/1995
Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/28/1929 | Narotam Puna, cricketer (Bombay NZ off-spinner v England 1966), was born. |
| 3/3/1871 | Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent. |
| 7/1/1996 | RBI reduces cash reserve ratio to 12\%. |
| 4/8/1998 | India enters into a historical partnership with France with the formal launch of a joint programme for restoring and protecting the Taj Mahal. |
| 9/12/1686 | Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist. |
| 11/10/1990 | Chandra Shekhar Singh sworn in as 8th Prime Minister of India. He remained in this office till June 21, 1991 Devilal was sworn in as the Dy. Prime Minister. |
| 4/24/1942 | Shri Dinanath Mangeshkar, famous Marathi singer, nationalist, musician and actor, passed away at the age of 41. |
| 2/14/1932 | Madhubala (Mumtaj Begam), film actress, was born. |
| 7/19/1998 | The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly. |
| 1/4/1994 | Rahul Dev Burman, famous music director better known as 'Pancham Da', died at the age of 56. |
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