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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 |
| 2/4/1910 | New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest. |
| 12/22/1975 | Vishnupant Purshottam Bhagwat, editor, publisher and printer of monthly magzine ""Satyakatha"", d |
| 6/18/1940 | Forward Block Party was established. |
| 4/4/1990 | Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989. |
| 4/3/1966 | First Indian-made computer commissioned in Jadavpur University campus. |
| 11/13/1953 | Richard Nixon, the US Vice President, arrives in New Delhi. |
| 5/3/1764 | Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India. |
| 7/7/1910 | 'Bharat History Research Mandal' was established. |
| 3/1/1968 | Salil Ashok Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989), was born in Solapur. |
| 8/15/1997 | The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus. |
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