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Historical Event on 5/9/1981
Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden.
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| 9/19/1996 | Suresh Mehta ministry is dismissed, President's rule imposed. |
| 8/13/1795 | Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70. |
| 1/10/1986 | Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India. |
| 1/24/1857 | Calcutta University established. |
| 9/1/1947 | Indian Standard Time was adopted. |
| 11/13/1917 | Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born. |
| 9/29/1988 | 1988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces. |
| 2/23/1932 | The N. W. Frontier province is created. |
| 1/1/1994 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"". |
| 1/15/1966 | The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal. Its composition in the autumn of 1968 included 23 fighter category squadrons, three tactical bomber squadrons, a maritime patrol squadron (with ex-Air India L. 1049G Super Constellations), 11 transport squadrons, four AOP squadrons, a number of helicopter units and a few SAM squadrons. |
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