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Historical Event on 9/5/1997
CBI chargesheets former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief for possessing assets disproportionate to his income.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/30/1923 | New financial measures come into force, including restoration of Salt Tax. |
| 8/11/1916 | Gopal Raghunath Bewur, former Chief of Army and fighter, was born. |
| 9/17/1956 | Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established. |
| 5/13/1791 | Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera. |
| 4/25/1915 | The German High Command has admitted that chlorine gas bombs and shells were used in the attack on the French front at Ypres three days ago. The effect of the gas attack was to open a four-mile gap in the Allied line. The Canadian troops on one flank held against German attacks, and British and Indian forces filled the breach. Fortunately for the Allies, the Germans had no reserve forces available to push into the breach. No tactical advantage was won by this first use of the new weapon. The Germans promised, however, that ""more effective substances can be expected."" Meanwhile, they were condemned for the use of this novel weapon. |
| 11/19/1970 | Bhupinder Singh Jr, cricketer (Punjab & Indian ODI batsman), was born. |
| 1/23/1996 | Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93. |
| 7/22/1925 | Homi Jehangir Teleyarkhan, social worker, was born. |
| 10/9/2000 | A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases. |
| 11/15/1992 | 37 die in a landslide at Meghamalai near Chinnamanur. |
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