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Historical Event on 5/9/1993
S. Mulgaokar, 82, journalist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/31/1959 | Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India. |
| 4/11/1999 | Chetan Baboor and Poulomi Ghatak won the men's and women's titles resp. in the India Cup table tennis in Mumbai. |
| 12/20/1993 | Jaichandran Nair, Colonel Neelkantan, died. |
| 10/26/1952 | Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts . |
| 1/19/1990 | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure, died in Pune at the age of 58 years. He will be remembered as a great orator and for founding of Rajnishpuram in USA. |
| 1/15/1993 | PM asks for judicial probe into Bombay riots, sanctions Rs. 1 crore aid for victims. |
| 6/16/1997 | P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi. |
| 2/27/1854 | Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company. |
| 7/18/1908 | Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay. |
| 11/1/1948 | An Indian brigade group supported by the 7th Cavalry (Stuart tanks) broke through the Great Himalayan Range at Zojila to drive out the invaders from Ladakh district. At approximately 3,500 metres, this was the highest point in the history of warfare that tanks had operated. |
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