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Historical Event on 5/9/1992
Madhu Sapre, Miss India, is crowned the second runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/13/1962 | Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died |
2/18/1993 | Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"". |
3/1/1924 | Naresh Mehta was born. |
9/17/1799 | Parshuram Bhau Patwardhan, an able leader and diplomat of Madhavrao Peshwa kingdom, passed away. |
5/4/1980 | Coal Mine Worker's Day established. |
6/1/1964 | Nava Paisa, established in 1947, was renamed as 'Paisa'. |
6/4/1986 | Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away. |
6/1/1933 | Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra' was published. |
8/23/2000 | India, Japan unveil new global partnership and agree to start a formal security dialogue. Sanctions status quo on CTBT. |
11/16/1991 | 60 percent of the 23 million voters exercise their franchise in the by-elections to 15 Lok Sahba and 56 Assembly seats in 14 states. |
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