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Historical Event on 9/5/1979

Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
2/7/1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.
8/29/1880Madhav Shrihari Ane, greatest Freedom fighter, was born.
4/7/1997Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan finalise preparations for a new trade bloc called 'Growth Quadrangle'.
2/2/1917Maharshi Vinayak Ramchandra Patwardhan (Annasaheb), collegue of Lokmanya Tilak, passed away.
9/15/1965President Ayub Khan appeals to the US to use its influence to end Indian-Pakistani hostilities.
7/21/1977Bhudevchandra Basu, famous animal expert, passed away.
9/4/1996Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC).
10/5/1997Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country.
9/17/1899First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa.