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Historical Event on 5/9/1998

Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1986The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.
1/2/1757After the Battle of Plassey, Clive, Britisher, defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal and re-captured Calcutta, after it had been seized by the Nawab of Bengal who had used the ""Black Hole"" to imprison British captives.
2/21/1829Kittur Rani Channamma, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away.
9/29/1996Water from Krishna river (AP) released for Madras.
6/21/1862Ganendra Mohan Tagore was the first Indian to get the Barrister-at-Law Degree after passing the examination from Lincoln Inn University.
1/23/1999An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district.
2/12/1995Maramon Centenary Convention, (the biggest Christian gathering in Asia) begins in Kerala.
8/1/2000One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river.
7/12/1920Siddharthacharry V, educationist and diplomat, was born at Mysore.
12/3/1979Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.