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Historical Event on 5/5/1942

Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi.

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5/24/1990K. S. Hegde, former President of Parliament, passed away.
10/4/1999Rest of India won the Zal Irani Trophy in Bangalore.
7/8/1907Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta.
5/13/1962Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President.
2/24/2000The Subrahmanyam Committee report tabled in the Lok Sabha. The panel concluded that the Pakistan intrusion in Kargil took the Indian security establishment by surprise.
11/17/1947Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.
6/6/1903Hiralal Sen shot the first Indian Advertisment sequences for Jabakusum (hair tonic) and Edward's Tonic.
6/6/1999Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final.
6/4/1959Chakravarti Rajagopalachari opposed the Socialist Policies of Indian National Congress and founded Swatantra Party alongwith Ranga.
8/1/1955Arun Lal, cricketer (Indian batsman in sixteen Tests 1982-89), was born in Moradabad, U.P.