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Historical Event on 5/7/1994

Ustad Jahiruddin Dagar Nasir, famous classical singer of Dhrupad-Dhamar, passed away at the age of 62 in Bareilly.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1605Salim renamed himself as Jahangir and became the king of Agra.
5/27/1952United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader.
1/26/1926V. G. Kanitkar, famous Marathi literatteur, was born.
1/2/1943Vir Bhai Kotwal sacrificed his life.
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.
3/23/1919Subhadra Joshi, freedom fighter, was born. She took active participation in Salt and non cooperation movement. She also motivated the freedom movement through her newspaper ""Hamara Sangram"".
7/29/1980India won Gold Medal in Hockey at Moscow Olympics.
11/2/2000John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI.
12/5/1951Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.