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Historical Event on 5/9/1919

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/22/1718Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain.
3/5/1918Shriranga Vasudev Sohoni also known as ""Ranga Sohoni"", Indian cricketer (pace bowler of late 40's avg 101), was born in Nimbora, Maharashtra.
6/22/1944British 14th army frees Imphal, Assam.
10/2/1961Indian Limited Shipping Transport Corporation established.
2/28/2000The Supreme Court orders notice to the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, on a special leave petition filed by the State Government against the Madras High Court judgment upholding the trial court's order discharging her in the ""coal import case"".
2/14/1929Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
4/1/1918Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain.
12/28/2000The Kanchi Acharya presents the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati national eminence awards to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (in absentia), scientist Ramnarayan Agarwal and pravachan artist Rameshbhai Ojha.
10/15/1932First Indian commercial airliner service 'Tata Sons Ltd' started. (Tata Airlines)
11/16/1921Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi.