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Historical Event on 5/5/1942

Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1998Raman Lamba, former Indian Test cricketer, passed away in Dhaka, three days after being hit on the head while close-in fielding.
1/24/1995Congress (I) suspends Arjun Singh from the party.
12/27/1990DMK led Pondicherry ministry, headed by D. Ramachandran, resigns following loss of majority.
1/10/1996All in all, it has been a long story of nearly nine decades, with the early shaky screen images turning into a multi-pronged and multi-winged empire of its own, that has yielded about 27,000 feature films and thousands of documented short films.
12/25/1991Ajit Singh expelled from the JD.
3/12/1992The four-member break-away group of Telugu Desam recognised by Lok Sabha speaker.
9/27/1977Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971.
7/4/1922Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Hyderabad.
4/23/1858Pandita Ramabai, social reformer and philosopher, was born in the State of Mysore.
3/15/1998Mr. Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. The number of MPs supporting the formation of a government by the BJP stands at 264 in a house of 539, just short of the working majority of 270. However, the President sees the figure as crossing the half-way mark as the Telugu Desam decides to remain neutral. Earlier, the Congress(I) conveys to the President its decision not to stake claim to form a government.