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Historical Event on 5/9/1981

Pandit Sundarlal, great revolutionary and writer of 'Bharat Mein Angreji Raj', passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/28/1924In penance for riots, Gandhi, on hunger strike in Delhi, proclaimed he would break his fast only at death.
1/1/199730-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect.
12/28/1925Kasturbhai Lalbhai Shrenik, great industrialist, was born at Ahmedabad.
7/4/1933Mahatma Gandhi sentenced to one year imprisonment.
9/29/1993National Human Rights Commission set up.
4/14/1952Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
7/6/1999The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault.
4/22/1998India and Bangladesh resolve to work together to ''root out terrorism'', push bilateral trade and harness river waters of the region.
10/24/1995Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country.
6/9/1752French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India.