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Historical Event on 9/5/1659
Queen Saibai, wife of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/17/1999 | An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar. |
| 6/10/1966 | MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik. |
| 4/3/1999 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation. |
| 9/19/1996 | Suresh Mehta ministry is dismissed, President's rule imposed. |
| 4/23/1913 | Dhananjay Vithal Keer, famous biogropher, was born. |
| 7/5/1946 | Ram Vilas Jamun Paswan was born in Shaharbanni, Distt. Khagaria (Bihar). |
| 5/7/1907 | Rajbali Pandey, famous poet, was born. |
| 9/28/1964 | The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border. |
| 6/6/1935 | Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born. |
| 9/14/1919 | Nyalchand Shah, bowled 64-33-97-3 in the Test between India vs Pakistan, was born at Dhragandhara in Gujarat. |
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