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Historical Event on 5/9/1981
Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden.
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| 8/4/1914 | Gandhiji reaches London and raised Indian Volunteer Corps. |
| 9/30/1943 | Ramanand Chattopadhyay, famous author and journalist, died. |
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| 5/9/1996 | LDF wins 80 sets and UDF 59 in Kerala elections . |
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