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Historical Event on 5/9/1995

Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/23/1908Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born.
5/5/1947Gandhiji denies in an interview that communal division of India is inevitable.
11/2/190850 years after the start of direct rule, Edward VII talks of 'prudently extending' democracy.
9/21/1938Prof. Raghuveer Singh Rathore, Cricket Test umpire for one test in 1990-91, was born in Rajasthan.
4/1/1902Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer, (one Test, India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0), was born in Bombay.
3/22/1938IRFA was registered as a local body not administered by the Government on March 22, 1938 under the Government of India Act No. XXI of 1860.
2/14/2000The Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court judgment quashing the State Government's Ashraya scheme for providing plots to the poor.
11/28/1945Australia Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs India at Calcutta.
10/20/1919Chaitanyabala Divatia, great author, was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
1/5/1941Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi jr., Indian batsman & youngest Indian Test Captain), was born in Bhopal.