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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
1/29/1976Parliament approves permanent government and censorship of newspapers at New Delhi.
5/6/1680Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned.
7/8/1907Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta.
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
3/3/1934Amarsingh Pandurang Rane, educationist, was born at Banage, Kolhapur.
6/10/1833Azad Muhammad Jussain, Urdu poet and educationalist, was born.
6/12/1996India's new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha and will rule as head of the United Front Coalition.
6/9/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India ends.
2/5/1924Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.
2/18/1931Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born.