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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
6/18/1926Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P).
5/13/1883Henk JFM Sneevliet, leader RSAP/editor Spartacus (Dutch-Indies), was born.
5/20/1850Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern story writing in Marathi, was born.
8/18/1911Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born.
9/29/1708British East India Company and New East India company merged.
6/13/1995India and France sign Bilateral Investment Protection pact.
8/6/1997Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void.
4/15/1976India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years.
9/9/1872Sarladevi Chaudharani, Bengali poet, was born.
6/28/1921Sahityaratna P. V. Narsingh Rao, former Prime Minister of India, was born.