|
|
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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/12/1917 | Mulvantrai Himatlal Mankad better known as ""Vinoo Mankad"", cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time), was born at Jamnagar. |
| 8/28/1997 | Jain Commission, chaired by Justice M.C. Jain, submits interim report on Rajiv Gandhi assassination. |
| 2/6/1998 | V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar. |
| 9/29/1942 | The British police shot Matangini Hazra, a 72-year old woman of Tamluk town in Midnapur district, when she was leading the flag at Tamluk in August movement procession. |
| 7/3/1927 | A. Neelameghan, librarian, was born at Ootacamund in Tamil Nadu. |
| 8/1/1964 | Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/07/1969. |
| 12/10/1907 | Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature. |
| 3/18/1944 | Subhash Chandra Bose formed Azad Hind Fauz and took control of Kohima-Imphal. |
| 4/27/1993 | A national credit fund for women called the 'Rashtriya Mahila Kosh' set up. |
| 9/19/2000 | Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
