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Historical Event on 9/5/1967

Central Hindi Committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister.

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12/8/1999Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999.
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2/18/199247 die in Tamil Nadu's Kumbakonam Mahamakham stampede.
7/23/1997India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
6/29/1992Congress (I) nominates K. R. Narayanan for the Vice-Presidentship.
6/17/1973Leander Vece Paes, tennis player who singles bronze at Atlanta Olympics (1996), was born. He was also a winner of French Open in 1999, Gold Flake Open, Newport 1998, Wimbledon 1999 (doubles and mixed doubles).
9/14/1932Durgavati Devi aka Durga Bhabhi, an revolutionary and freedom fighter, was born.
5/2/1953Declaration by the PM that India was opposed to joining any power-block in the event of another war.
8/29/1612Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.