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Historical Event on 05/09/1338

Saint Chokhoba passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/15/1912Rusi Karanjia, journalist and publisher, was born.
6/28/1921Sahityaratna P. V. Narsingh Rao, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
1/16/1988L. K. Jha, famous economist and member of Rajya Sabha, died.
4/30/1888Hailsones kill 246 in Moradabad.
4/14/1659Aurangzeb defeated his brother Dara Shukoh to capture the throne of Delhi.
10/1/1995Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died.
10/1/1995Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
11/9/2000The 17-day old Manohar Parrikar led BJP Government in Goa wins the trust vote.
4/30/1999Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant.
1/22/1990FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.