May9

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1992

Killer brew claims 175 lives in Orissa, Excise Minister Prasanna Kumar Acharya resigns.

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May 9, 1992
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1540

Maharana Pratap, great revolutionary, soldier and freedom fighter, was born.

#birth
May 9, 1540
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1866

Gopal Krishna Gokhale, freedom fighter and political leader, was born in Kotluk village of Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra.

#birth#freedom fighter
May 9, 1866
1908

Arkalgudun Krishnarao, Kannad writer, was born.

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May 9, 1908
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1919

Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi.

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May 9, 1919
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1933

Gandhiji announced suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement for six weeks and called on the Government to withdraw its Ordinances.

#freedom fighter
May 9, 1933
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1981

Pandit Sundarlal, great revolutionary and writer of 'Bharat Mein Angreji Raj', passed away.

#freedom fighter#death
May 9, 1981
1995

Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast.

#industries#general
May 9, 1995
1753

Maharaja Surajmal attack on Delhi.

#general
May 9, 1753
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1907

Two thousand dacoits riot in eastern Bengal.

#general
May 9, 1907
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1917

Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India.

#general
May 9, 1917
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1995

Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt.

#general
May 9, 1995
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1998

Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India.

#general
May 9, 1998
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1992

Madhu Sapre, Miss India, is crowned the second runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.

#award#women
May 9, 1992
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1874

First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai.

#transport
May 9, 1874
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1997

At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh.

#transport#death
May 9, 1997
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1998

Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai.

#cinema#death
May 9, 1998
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1959

Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil, founder of Rayat Educational Institute, passed away.

#education#death
May 9, 1959
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1338

Saint Chokhoba passed away.

#death
May 9, 1338
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1981

Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden.

#death#women
May 9, 1981
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1993

S. Mulgaokar, 82, journalist, passed away.

#death
May 9, 1993
1995

Abha Gandhi, servant to Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. He was 68 years.

#death
May 9, 1995
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1996

LDF wins 80 sets and UDF 59 in Kerala elections .

#politics
May 9, 1996
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1996

Kerala CM A.K. Antony resigns.

#politics
May 9, 1996
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1996

J. Jayalalitha, Tamil Nadu CM, resigns.

#politics
May 9, 1996
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1992

M. J. Pherwani, National Housing Bank Chairman, resigns following his bank's involvement in the Security scandal.

#controversy
May 9, 1992
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1997

Hareesh Khandelwal, an accused in the fodder scam, commits suicide by jumping before a train at Dhanbad in Bihar.

#controversy
May 9, 1997