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Historical Event on 5/9/1998
Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/21/1962 | Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons. |
| 7/8/1907 | Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta. |
| 1/3/1987 | Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died. |
| 6/10/1997 | 18 persons were killed and 10 wounded by suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura militants at Thalchhara near Agartala. |
| 9/4/1967 | 6.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people. |
| 12/21/1990 | Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively. |
| 10/3/1913 | Sudangsu Abinash Banerjee, 'Montu', cricketer, (5 wickets, 1 test vs West Indies) was born in Calcutta. |
| 7/1/1938 | Hariprasad Chaursia, famous flute player, was born. |
| 8/15/1947 | On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories. |
| 5/23/1923 | Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta. |
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