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Historical Event on 5/9/1997

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1948French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament.
5/21/1927Cargo Transportation service started between Calcutta and Bagdogra.
7/4/1999Over 500 children of Kargil migrants take out a procession to Batalik in a show of solidarity with the Indian army.
2/6/1937Baldev Singh, Chahal campaigner, was born.
2/22/1845Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
3/1/1995Iftikar, famous character actor, died.
1/8/1995ONGC's oil rig blow out at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh.
8/20/1986A restructured 20-point programme announced.
5/20/1677Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Jingi.