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Historical Event on 9/5/1998

University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1997Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary.
2/1/1785Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.
2/14/19674th Parliamentary Lok Sabha Election was held and the election process was completed on 15/02/1967.
2/14/1967Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
10/24/1992Narmada, World Bank sets time to correct defects.
9/14/1992The government allows foreign investors to enter the Indian capital market; incentives offered.
3/15/1931M.I.Mohammad Ghose, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-80, was born in Tamil Nadu.
7/25/1961Delhi upgraded as an A-class city on the basis of provisional Census figures of 1961.
9/16/2000In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution.