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Historical Event on 5/9/1995

Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/18/1901Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.
5/9/1992Madhu Sapre, Miss India, is crowned the second runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
8/15/1996Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day.
3/17/1999An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.
5/25/1996DMK-led coalition ministry headed by R.V. Janakiraman sworn in Pondicherry.
8/11/1999The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.
3/4/1996King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit.
11/27/1999BJP recaptures the Jaipur Civic body posts by winning 49 out of 70 seats.
5/8/1994Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away.
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.