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Historical Event on 5/9/1998
Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/3/1914 | Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"". |
| 3/31/1997 | Lakhubhai Pathak, prominent NRI businessman who had accused Narasimha Rao of cheating $ 100,000, died in London. |
| 8/13/1997 | The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it. |
| 11/20/1917 | J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta. |
| 10/22/1796 | Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace. |
| 3/24/1992 | Congress (I) strength goes up by six seats in the Rajya Sabha on account of biennial polls. |
| 12/11/1971 | The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent. |
| 12/11/1971 | Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah, founder of Mughal dynasty, passed away at the age of 48 at Dhaulpur. |
| 2/28/1950 | The Finance Minister announces the setting up of the Planning Commission with Nehru and Nanda as Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively. |
| 8/1/1939 | Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed. |
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