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Historical Event on 5/6/1967

Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1981Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram.
8/9/1788Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife.
7/13/1995Devyani Chaubal, film journalist, passed away.
12/11/1991R. G. Sardesai, veteran journalist, died.
2/2/1965Government sanction was accorded to the Officers Training School for the start of Short Service Regular Commission.
4/30/1896Maa Anandamayee (1896-1982), God-intoxicated yogini and mystic Bengali saint, was born at Kheora. Her spirit lives on in devotees.
5/19/1992Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh.
7/9/1999Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
5/8/1996The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern.
9/21/1999Mr. A. C. Muthiah was elected president and Kapil Dev the senior coach at the Board of Control of Cricket in India AGM in Jaipur.