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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
10/6/1927The first independent film processing laboratory, Atmanand Laboratory, was set up by Narayanrao alias Dhanjibhai K. Desai at Bombay.
4/15/1938Madhurima. Ch, educationist and artist, was born in Begusarai, Bihar .
7/25/1938Gautam Kalicharan, famous Hindi poet, was born.
3/13/1971Fifth General Election of India ends.
10/9/1999Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.
10/9/1999Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India, was born.
9/25/1936Juliet Prowse, actress (Who Killed Teddy Bear) and dancer, was born in Bombay, India.
11/25/1999Baba Amte, a Gandhian and noted social worker, is chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize.
4/19/1995Rajendra Kumari Bajpai appointed the Lt. Governor of Pondichery.
9/1/1798England signs treaty with Nizam of Hyderabad, India.