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Historical Event on 5/5/1916

Giani Zail Singh, President of India, was born in Sandhwan village, Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1994Warden's in Arambaug, India lead about a fifty hungry and bruised elephants into a forest for temporary shelter. After a week, the herd strayed from a santuary, stampeding villagers and terrorising peasants.
2/15/1967Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins.
6/1/1930Baba Adhav was born.
10/15/1915Dr. I. Gopalkrishnan, Cricket Test Umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Tamil Nadu.
6/1/1955India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
7/18/1857The Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras Universities were established.
11/3/1995Sheila Kaul becomes Governor of Himachal Pradesh, P. Shivshankar of Kerala and V Reghunath Reddy takes additional charge of Sikkim.
3/16/1928C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore.
5/29/1965Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time.
11/8/2000India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi.