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Historical Event on 5/5/1916
Giani Zail Singh, President of India, was born in Sandhwan village, Punjab.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/23/1872 | Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, leader, social reformer and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, was born at Kanuparthi village in Ongole district in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 3/6/1961 | India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay. |
| 11/5/1994 | Russi Modi appointed Chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines. |
| 9/28/1909 | Jairaj, famous film actor, was born. His first film was 'Sparkling Youth' (1930). He was a receipant of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Some of his films are 'Fight unto Death', 'All for love', 'Bhawani No Bhog', 'Pearl', 'Queen of Faries', 'The Enemy', 'My Hero'. |
| 12/1/1894 | Bhim Sen Sachar, freedom fighter, leader and Chief Minister of Punjab, was born. |
| 2/9/1994 | Supreme Court sets aside disqualification (under anti-defection law in 1991) of former Goa CM Ravi Naik. |
| 1/29/1983 | Piloo Mody, veteran Parliament member and senior leader of Janata Party, passed away. |
| 6/6/1994 | The 20-day old Limboo Ministry in Sikkim wins vote of confidence. |
| 1/3/1987 | Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died. |
| 6/24/1969 | Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), passed away. |
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