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Historical Event on 9/5/1904

Bhalchandra Pandharinath Bahirat, editor and expert of Saint literature, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/22/1989General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states.
4/20/1993Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade.
10/9/1987Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended.
12/6/1997Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands.
5/25/1924Ashutosh Mukerjee, famous educationalist, passed away in Dumraon at Bihar .
1/19/1951Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkarbappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, passed away.
10/18/1997Prince Philip switches on the internet version of Malayala Manorama and The Week at Kochi.
12/14/1990President's Rule imposed on Goa. Caretaker CM Dr. Barbosa disqualified from the membership of Assembly for defection from Congress (I) nine months ago.
4/17/1997Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died.
3/11/1990Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away.