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Historical Event on 5/9/1998
Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/25/1994 | Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55. |
| 8/1/1932 | Meena Kumari, film actress, was born. |
| 9/10/1912 | B. D. Jatti, former Vice President of India, was born. |
| 5/21/1835 | Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born. |
| 3/11/1963 | First Railway Engine was produced by Chittaranjan Railway Factory. |
| 2/20/1999 | India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service. |
| 2/23/1997 | Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India. |
| 11/21/1947 | First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General. |
| 9/21/1857 | Bahadurshah Jafar - II surrendered against the British troops. |
| 5/31/1994 | Pandit Samtaprasad, famous Tabla player, passed away. |
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