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Historical Event on 5/9/1959
Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil, founder of Rayat Educational Institute, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/6/1990 | GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years. |
| 8/15/1947 | Indian Independence Day. |
| 1/30/1905 | Pitamber Das, social reformer and politician, was born at Mowana, U.P. |
| 10/1/1854 | Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26. |
| 3/21/1992 | India's second submarine 'Shankul' joined Navy. |
| 2/19/1992 | Shridhar Narayan Bendre, famous painter, passed away. |
| 1/16/1973 | Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976. |
| 5/13/1923 | Moinul Haque Choudhury, social reformer and politician, was born at Sonabarighat (Assam). |
| 5/2/1953 | Declaration by the PM that India was opposed to joining any power-block in the event of another war. |
| 5/11/1885 | Krishnamohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist of Bengal, passed away. |
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