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Historical Event on 9/5/1987

Shanbagh, Vandana Rao, Shiny and Usha sets record in the women's category for 4x400m race in 3.31.55 seconds at Rome .

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1903Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
6/4/1903A battle was fought at Turkra or Turkra Qasba (in the Balasore district) in which the Afghans were routed.
4/4/1994Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns.
11/25/2000Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Governments agree on a ""unified command'' for the STF operations against Veerappa
7/24/1989A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal.
7/24/1989Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
8/7/1986Lok Sabha passes Constitution 53rd Amendment bill conferring statehood on Mizoram.
6/20/1992The JD and the NF choose former Lok Sabha Dy Speaker Prof. G. G. Swell as the Presidential candidate.
12/25/1921Mass boycott greets the Prince of Wales when he arrives in Calcutta.
8/25/1888Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, was born.