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Historical Event on 5/9/1998
Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/31/1999 | This Indian Railway, carries more than 11 million passengers in a day, runs on more than 62,000 route kilometers and more than 1,07,000 track kilometers daily. This is the largest Railway System under Single Management. |
| 2/18/1899 | Jainarain Vyas, leader, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He played a leading role in creating united Rajasthan by integration of various states of Rajputana. He was the first Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1951 to 1954. |
| 12/24/1988 | Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died. |
| 9/16/1954 | The Lok Sabha adopted a clause in the Special Marriage Bill providing for divorce by consent. |
| 5/22/1963 | Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur. |
| 10/26/1999 | Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, visits cyclone-hit areas. |
| 10/26/1930 | Gulal Bai Parekar, a14-year-old girl led a 13-girls team to hoist the national flag at Esplanade Park. A police sargeant tried to snach the flag and then kidnapped her. |
| 9/26/1985 | P.T. Usha sets record for 100m (Women) in 11.39 seconds at Jakarta. |
| 9/10/1943 | Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged. |
| 8/14/1942 | Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, started broadcasting from a secret transmitter on the wave length of 42.84 meters. This channel was used for freedom movement telecasts. |
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