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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 |
| 1/31/1986 | Shri Vishwanath More, famous music director, passed away. |
| 6/3/1998 | The naval version of the surface-to-air missile, Trishul, is test-fired in Kochi. |
| 6/21/1991 | P. V. Narasimha Rao was sworn in as the ninth Prime Minister of India. He reimained in this office till May 16, 1996. He formed a 54-member ministry in the 10th Parliament. |
| 6/4/1986 | Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away. |
| 9/7/1995 | Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar. |
| 7/16/1992 | Amar Varma, Hindi author, producer and director, died. |
| 1/18/1978 | Shri Bhim Sen Sachar, freedom fighter, leader and Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away. |
| 12/31/1943 | Ben Kingsley Scarborough, English actor (Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice), was born. |
| 9/25/1916 | Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay, great litterateur, philosopher, social worker and first General Secretary of UP branch, was born at Dhankia village, Rajasthan. |
| 1/6/1989 | Satwant Singh (24) and Kehar Singh (54) executed for the murder case of Smt. Indira Gandhi in Tihar Jail at New Delhi. |
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