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Historical Event on 5/9/1753

Maharaja Surajmal attack on Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1920S. Bhattacharya, cricket Test Umpire for 2 tests from 1963-70, was born in Delhi.
3/10/1998B. B. Lyngdoh of the United Democratic Party is sworn in Chief Minister of Meghalaya. The 12-day-old Congress(I) Ministry resigned following the failure of the party nominee to be elected as Speaker.
1/24/1995Congress (I) suspends Arjun Singh from the party.
2/27/1990Polls in Pondicherry and eight states.
10/23/1985Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN.
12/25/1879Sadhu T.L. Vaswani (1879-1966), altruistic Sindhi poet and servant of God, who found several Hindu missions in India and seven Mira Educational Institutions in his lifetime, was born.
2/4/1990Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India.
1/12/1948Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.
4/2/1970Meghalaya, an autonomous hilly state, was established after dividing the hilly areas of Assam.
3/27/1996President and Governors of respective states issue notifications for elections to the 11th Lok Sabha and 6 State Assemblies.