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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 |
11/18/1936 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, prolific writer and leader, died. |
5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
4/20/1989 | President's rule imposed in Karnataka. |
8/9/1971 | Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died. |
3/2/1996 | Malabar University (Kerala) comes into being. |
6/10/1908 | Mary Clubwala Jadhav, politician and social worker, was born. |
10/17/1915 | Virendra Kumar Jain, great Hindi writer, was born in Mandsaur. |
5/7/1996 | Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar. |
11/8/1948 | Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy. |
12/19/1857 | The trial on Raja Nahar Singh, who was arrested and then was prisioned at Metcalfe House, began on Saturday at 1100 hrs at Delhi. |
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