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Historical Event on 10/5/1993
Geet Sethi retained World Billiards title by beating Mike Russel.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/28/1837 | Bahadur Shah-II ascended the throne and became the emperor of Delhi at the age of 62 following the death of his father Akbar Shah-II. |
| 9/2/1970 | President V. V. Giri inaugurated, Vivekanand Rock Memorial' at Kanyakumari. |
| 9/19/1996 | India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India. |
| 4/15/1883 | Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born. |
| 4/1/1889 | Dr. Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), was born. |
| 5/18/1901 | Nibaran Chandra Chakrabarti, great poet and Hindi writer, was born in Brahmangaon, (Dacca). |
| 8/30/1983 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle. |
| 8/19/1907 | Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born. |
| 5/30/1977 | Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons. |
| 8/3/1960 | Gopal Sharma, great Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), was born in Kanpur. |
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