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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
10/20/1774New Regulating Act was introduced which abolished the East India Company Government and a new Government was formed.
6/29/1997Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany.
9/16/1954The Lok Sabha adopted a clause in the Special Marriage Bill providing for divorce by consent.
9/29/1994Cable Television Regulation Ordinance issued.
4/21/1992UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali visits New Delhi.
4/21/1992Admiral 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.
10/19/1954Nehru and Mao meet in Peking.
5/4/1980Coal Mine Worker's Day established.
7/13/1998The Government is prevented from tabling the Women's Reservation Bill.
6/9/1923Idris Hassan Latif, Air Chief Marshal, was born at Hyderabad, Deccan.