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Historical Event on 9/5/1990

Rajya Sabha approves the Prasar Bharati Bill rejecting by voice vote three motions moved by the Congress(I) to refer the Bill to a joint select committee.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/28/1997India and Pakistan, represented by Salman Haider and Shamshad Ahmed, Foreign Secretaries, hold official talks on issues at New Delhi.
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
4/16/1963Gopal Singh Nepali, famous poet, passed away.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
6/1/1959The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.
2/16/1982Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.
1/15/1958Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.
9/1/1956Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory.
11/17/1999India beats New Zealand by seven wickets to win the one-day cricket series in New Delhi. Saurav Ganguly adjudged the 'man of the match' and 'man of the series'.
7/3/1908Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested as a traitor by the Britishers.