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Historical Event on 5/9/1995

Abha Gandhi, servant to Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. He was 68 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1987First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching.
9/22/1979Israel conducts nuclear test at Indian Ocean.
10/1/1958Metric System of weights was introduced in India.
12/12/1994N.T. Rama Rao, TDP leader in Andhra Pradesh, and Pavan Kumar Chamling, leader of Sikkim Democratic Front, take oath of office; Rishang Keishing of Manipur sworn in as CM; Liquor banned in AP by NT Rama Rao.
9/12/1994UN Secretary General Ghali visits New Delhi.
4/23/1955Political Committee of Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons.
9/15/1992Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked.
8/18/1923Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi.
4/11/1999Paes-Bhupathi won the doubles in the in the ATP-Gold Flake Open in Chennai.
4/18/1959Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India.