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Historical Event on 5/5/1916

Giani Zail Singh, President of India, was born in Sandhwan village, Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1991Shripad Amrit Dange, veteran communist leader, passed away.
7/10/1965First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior.
3/3/1943Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days.
7/13/1929Jatindranath Das started fast strike.
10/26/1930Gulal Bai Parekar, a14-year-old girl led a 13-girls team to hoist the national flag at Esplanade Park. A police sargeant tried to snach the flag and then kidnapped her.
5/23/1931Sharad Joshi, famous Hindi poet, playwright and journalist, was born.
5/23/1931Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born.
3/3/1989Gwal Pahari in Haryana switched on the solar energy centre of the first pilot 50 kilowatt solar power plant.
2/21/1991Opposition boycotts the President's address as a protest against the dismissal of Tamil Nadu government.
3/5/1997Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka.