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Historical Event on 5/9/1992

Madhu Sapre, Miss India, is crowned the second runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1930Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.
7/21/1930Anand Bakshi, famous lyrisist, was born.
12/1/1989A 13-member Sikkim Sangram Parishad Ministry headed by Nar Bahadur Bhandari assumes office in Sikkim.
11/7/2000The BJP firebrand Uma Bharti makes a triumphant return to the Union Ministry as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Arun Jaitley gets elevated as Cabinet Minister in a mini expansion. Maj.Gen. (Retd) B. C. Khanduri takes oath as Minister of State for Transport and Highways.
10/29/1999The Anubhav Group chairman C. Natesan was arrested by the Mumbai Police on alleged charges of duping investors to the tune of Rs. 1.16 crore.
5/8/1995Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83.
9/19/1995PM leaves for a 5-day visit to the two Central Asian republics of Turkmenistan and Kyrghistan.
10/14/1910Further unrest took place in Lhasa, Tibet, following the arrest of Dalai Lama's agent by the Chinese on the Chinese frontier with India.
1/29/1781First Newspaper, J.A.Hickey's Bengal Gazette - January 29, 1781.
12/13/2000Vijay Samuel Hazare, former Indian cricket captain, becomes the first recipient of the 'Castrol Lifetime Achievement award'.