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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 |
| 5/3/1969 | Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan. |
| 1/27/1995 | Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal open at Kochi port. |
| 1/24/1997 | Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary. |
| 4/6/1968 | Indira Gandhi,PM, inaugurated the construction of Bokaro Steel Plant. |
| 11/6/1997 | Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks. |
| 6/14/1995 | RBI announces the introduction of appointing ombudsmen to redress grievances and disputes of bank customers. |
| 1/26/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) became the first President of India. He remained President from Jan. 26,1950 to May 13, 1962. |
| 2/14/1959 | Nehru tells the International Conference on Planned Parenthood that Indian family planning efforts have not stopped population growth. |
| 1/22/1973 | Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away. |
| 5/7/1912 | Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born. |
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