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Historical Event on 5/9/1919
Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/2/1993 | Vice Admiral V.S. Shekhawat appointed new naval chief. |
| 1/19/1997 | Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta. |
| 12/31/1929 | At the Lahore session, under the Presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress adopted a resolution of 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence), the slogan given by Gandhiji. The tricolour flag of freedom was unfurled and 26th January 1930 was decided to be celebrated as Independence day every year. This session led to Civil Disobedience Movement, Dandi March to break the Salt Law, etc. |
| 4/4/1912 | Dhundiraj Gopal Sapre, Sahityaratna and Sanskrit litterateur, was born. |
| 10/23/1990 | Following the arrest of its President L. K. Advani, who was leading a rathyathra to Ayodhya at Samasthipur in Bihar, BJP withdrew support to National Front Government. |
| 5/13/1994 | Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament. |
| 2/16/1923 | Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away. |
| 12/13/1999 | The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor. |
| 10/9/1968 | Olympic Games open in Mexico City. |
| 2/9/1991 | India holds the last decennial census of the century. |
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