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Historical Event on 5/9/1995

Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/194217 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees.
1/23/1993British PM John Major arrives in India on an official visit.
11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.
5/9/1992Madhu Sapre, Miss India, is crowned the second runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
4/9/1999K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
1/1/1664Shivaji assumes royal title.
11/18/1972Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'
11/18/1972Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India.
5/13/1916Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, great Industrialist, was born.