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Historical Event on 9/5/1998

University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/12/1911Daman Div Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, was born.
5/5/1989Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away.
2/19/1818Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away.
2/24/1996Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA.
10/23/1999V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, tops the list of star witnesses in Bofors case.
5/23/1998L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs.
11/10/1922S. K. Raghunath Rao, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Karnataka.
9/29/1997IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites.
3/25/1987Marxist-led alliance gets majority in Kerala and West Bengal elections .
11/30/1994Mrinalini Desai, freedom fighter and famous litterateur, died.