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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
7/18/1987Arun Singh, union minister of state for defence, resigns from the cabinet.
10/6/1998Railways wins the BOB-Senior National Hockey championship for women defeating Haryana in the final at Chennai.
4/28/1952The war between Japan and India ended.
4/28/1952Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.
4/8/1894Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'.
6/10/1946Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"".
6/3/1929Chimanbhai Patel, former Chief Minister of Gujarat, was born.
5/4/1783Tipu Sultan was enthroned as the ruler of Mysore after the death of Haider Ali in a simple ceremony at Bednur. He continued the Second Mysore War against the English. He defeated many EnglishGenerals like Brithwhite & Col. Bailey. Tipu Sultan signed the treaty at Mangalore on 11th March 1784 A.D. which was known as the Mangalore treaty.
8/18/1891Jain Muni Mishrimalji, poet, social reformer and orator, was born at Pali, Rajasthan.
1/1/1914Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal.