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Historical Event on 5/9/1996

J. Jayalalitha, Tamil Nadu CM, resigns.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/9/199624 merchants gathered in London's Founder Hall under the auspices of Lord Mayor to start a new company with a share captial in India.
8/12/2000Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram.
11/29/1953Bahuriya Ramswarup Devi, better known as Laxmibai of Bihar, passed away. She will be always remembered for Chapra District Revolt, whereby she tied seven British men and threw them in Narayani River.
9/8/1965Pakistan commenced its drive into the Indian Punjab using its 1-armoured division with the aim to foreclose India's options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line, after foiling the southern most divisional attack mounted by 4-Mountain Division.
6/22/1955Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (12 wkts in 7 Tests for India), died at the age of 31.
11/5/1998Baba Nagarjun ""Vaidyanath Mishra"" died. He wrote in Hindi, Maithali and Sanskrit. Some of his noted works are ""Patra-Heen- Nagna Gachh"", ""Dukhmochan"", ""Yugdhara"" and ""Sah
2/9/1984Balasarasvati, eminent classical Karnatic singer and Bharat Natyam dancer of worldwide acclaim, passed away in Madras.
7/6/1927Vyankatesh Dingambar Madgulkar, great Marathi story writer and novelist, was born.
7/6/1927Akbar responded with alacrity and arrived at Ahmadabad and made adequate arrangements for its administration.
5/23/1931Sharad Joshi, famous Hindi poet, playwright and journalist, was born.