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Historical Event on 9/5/1979

Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1980Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
12/20/1959Jasu Patel takes 9-69 during India vs Australia tour at Kanpur.
2/6/1937Baldev Singh, Chahal campaigner, was born.
11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
2/28/1928C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.
3/28/1956Tirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekhar, great Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact), was born in Madras.
12/25/1861Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, freedom fighter and founder of Banaras Hindu University, was born at Allahabad.
4/16/1934Ram Damodar Naik was born in Sangli (Maharashtra).
7/22/1959Ananth Kumar was born in Banglore. He is a Minister in Vajpayee's Government.