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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
10/21/1959Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border.
4/23/1858Pandita Ramabai, social reformer and philosopher, was born in the State of Mysore.
7/5/1916Archik Venkatesh Gopalkrishna, great poet, journalist and orator, was born at Dharwar, Mysore.
3/16/1999The Shiromani Akali Dal creates a record by unanimously electing Bibi Jagir Kaur Begowal as the first woman president of the SGPC.
9/25/195414 Members of Parliament (MP) form a new party called the Union of Socialist Progress. Acharya Kripalani is the leader.
3/14/1993India seeks Interpol's assistance in investigating the sources of bomb blasts in Bombay.
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
9/3/1997India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme.
10/15/1888Gopal Ganesh Agarkar started daily newspaper 'Sudharak'.
2/3/1998The BJP releases its election manifesto promising to make India a nuclear state; build a Ram temple at Ayodha and work for a uniform civil code.