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Historical Event on 5/9/1992

M. J. Pherwani, National Housing Bank Chairman, resigns following his bank's involvement in the Security scandal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/28/1848Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa.
11/5/1928R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born.
7/7/1995Rajan Pillai, 47, died because of denial of timely medical attention by Tihar jail authorities and also within 24 hours of rejection of his plea for medical treatment at Escorts Hospital by the court.
4/17/1996Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor, indicted in house allotment scandal, should be removed from her post, says Supreme Court.
1/28/1976Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park.
5/11/1999Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19.
10/12/1990Government of India announces a 15\% cut in oil consumption, exempting LPG and kerosene.
1/20/19481. Bomb exploded near Birla House during a prayer meeting of Gandhi. 2. Three member UN Commission for investigation/mediation on Kashmir. 3. K.M. Cariappa succeeded Lieutenant General D. Rissell as the Army Commander, Delhi and East Punjab and was responsible for conducting the operation in Kashmir.
2/24/199525 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati.
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)