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Historical Event on 5/9/1919

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/31/1928Pankaj Khirod Roy, cricketer (Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad), was born in Calcutta. He was the recipient of Padmashree (1975).
1/12/1946De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above.
2/1/1994PM Rao attends the World Economic Forum meeting at Davos, Switzerland.
8/2/2000The Lok Sabha performs a ''hat-trick'' by setting off the process for the creation of three new states by passing the Jharkhand Bill.
9/14/1919Nyalchand Shah, bowled 64-33-97-3 in the Test between India vs Pakistan, was born at Dhragandhara in Gujarat.
11/23/1946Kailasham Tyagraj Paramshiv, famous Kannada dramatist, passed away.
10/6/1935Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India.
11/29/1996Shaleem I. Shervani, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and President, ICMR Governing Body, was the Chief Guest at the concluding ceremony of the year long celebrations of the 85th year of ICMR at New Delhi. He released a special issue of the ICMR Bulletin on this occasion and presented momentos to the former Additional Directors-General and Directors-General of the ICMR.
1/6/1953Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew.
11/12/1959Keshavrao Marutirao Jedhe, great leader of Harijans and farmers, passed away.