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Historical Event on 9/5/1997

Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1999Rajendra Kumar (71), legendary actor who acted in over 150 Hindi films, died in Mumbai.
9/30/1908Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi novelist, was born.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian cricketer was born.
12/1/1965Border Security Force was organised, which would be armed and trained to man the International Border with Pakistan.
10/1/1909Gandhiji wrote to Tolstoy regarding Passive Resistance movement.
4/22/1991Arun Nehru and Arif Mohammed Khan expelled from Janata Dal.
1/21/1980Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala.
12/1/1931The Second Round Table conference that began in London ended. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam, etc. Two committees were setup to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in future constitution.
9/29/1836Chamber of Commerce and Industry was established in Madras
9/2/1998Nishant, the pilotless training aircraft developed by DRDO, is successfully flown from Chandipore.