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Historical Event on 9/5/1998
University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/4/1993 | Income Tax exemption limit raised to Rs.30,000; Customs duty on certain drugs reduced. |
| 1/1/1914 | Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal. |
| 9/10/1966 | Parliament approved the Punjab Re-organisation Bill for the formation of Haryana and Punjab as two independent states. |
| 3/30/1989 | Waman Ganpat Behre `Sobat', editor of weekly, passed away. |
| 12/5/1931 | Gandhiji leaves England for India. |
| 5/7/1990 | Foundation stones are laid in Ayodhya for a new temple at the birthplace of Lord Rama as Hindu nationalism rises. Government disallows the Shilanyas. |
| 4/1/1933 | Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron. |
| 5/25/1937 | Munshi Ajmeri passed away. |
| 9/21/1966 | Mihir Sen swam the Bay of Persia. |
| 4/16/1848 | Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Telegu author and social reformer, was born in Andhra Pradesh. |
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