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Historical Event on 5/5/1942

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/8/1948Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, passed away at Pearl River, New York.
11/6/1952Dipal Jayant Tilak, journalist and editor, was born.
6/22/1975National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.
1/16/1989Prem Nazir, famous actor of more than 620 Malayalam films, died at the age of 59 yrs.
7/5/2000The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir.
10/26/1999India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
12/27/1797Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra.
3/10/2000Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister, submits his resignation without putting his motion of seeking a trust vote to test in the assembly. The RJD leader Rabri Devi meets the Governor and stakes claim to form the Government.
7/3/1927A. Neelameghan, librarian, was born at Ootacamund in Tamil Nadu.
7/1/1958Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960.