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Historical Event on 5/3/1969
Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist.
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| 1/12/1901 | Umashankar Dikshit, senior leader of Indira Congress, was born. |
| 3/22/2000 | P. Shanmugham sworn in Chief Minister of Pondicherry. |
| 3/29/1939 | Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara. |
| 11/9/1999 | Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour. |
| 5/7/1950 | Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons. |
| 4/14/1905 | Earthquake at Kangra region in Himachal. |
| 12/3/1790 | Lord Cornwallis took away the regulation power from Nawab Murshidabad and Sadar Nizamat was removed from Adalat in Calcutta. |
| 12/3/1790 | Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah (1526-30), prince and founder of Mughal dynasty in India, was born. |
| 6/6/1867 | Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born at Sialkot. |
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