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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
3/28/1645Har Govind Singh, Sikh Guru, died.
3/28/1645Jalal'ud-din Firuz Khalji establishes the Khalji dynasty at Delhi.
6/27/2000The Clinton administration rejects a demand by 21 U.S. Congressmen for declaring India a terrorist state in the wake of attacks on Christian priests and churches.
1/1/1988On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking.
6/13/1992Purushottam Diwakar Dhavle, famous journalist, passed away.
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.
10/2/1934Indian Naval Force was established.
1/21/1820Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born.
7/1/1947British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.