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Historical Event on 5/6/1967

Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1993Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman.
12/1/1993Nirubhai Desai, freedom fighter, veteran journalist and socialist, passed away.
3/21/1979The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).
6/25/1975President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the declaration of Emergency Rule in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented the same very next day.
7/31/1993Zafar Saifullah was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1994.
6/24/1986Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave.
6/24/1986Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India.
5/2/1922Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
8/1/1916Mrs. Annie Besant in cooperation with Bal Gangadhar Tilak started the Home Rule League Movement with Dadabhai Naoroji as its President.
6/26/1954Nehru, Chou En-lai pledge good-neighbor policy at New Delhi.