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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
1/7/1987Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket. At 28, he was the youngest cricketer to accomplish this feat.
7/13/1995Devyani Chaubal, film journalist, passed away.
12/21/1903Bhalchandra Digambar Garware, famous industrailist, was born.
7/31/1993Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
5/14/1914Ekanath Dattatreya Kulkarni, educationist and writer, was born at Bhaloni, Tal Pandharpur.
9/23/1952Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad, batsman in 40 Tests (1974-85), was born in Bombay.
5/8/1996The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern.
1/8/2000The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.
1/10/199728th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum.
2/11/1944Buddhadev Dasgupta, director (Charachar, Grihajuddha), was born.