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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 |
| 7/7/1946 | Gandhiji addressed the A.I.C.C. meeting at Bombay; Congress accepted the Cabinet Mission plan of May 16. |
| 5/25/1993 | Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India. |
| 3/16/1997 | Saidian Shafi, correspondent, Ankhon Dekhi', TV news magazine, and his personal security officer killed by militants in Srinagar. |
| 8/6/1997 | Army confirms social activist Sanjay Ghose's death who was abducted by ULFA. |
| 5/1/1966 | Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra. |
| 5/12/1666 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested. |
| 7/17/1948 | Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service. |
| 12/19/1952 | Nehru announces the Government's decision for establishing an Andhra State, constituting Telugu speaking areas of the State of Madras, excluding the city. |
| 1/11/1973 | Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore. |
| 9/29/1942 | The British police shot Matangini Hazra, a 72-year old woman of Tamluk town in Midnapur district, when she was leading the flag at Tamluk in August movement procession. |
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