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Historical Event on 5/6/1952
Dr. Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India ""Rashtrapati"" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitution.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/16/1917 | Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born. |
| 11/19/1991 | Two national commissions on women set up. |
| 12/6/1929 | British Viceroy meets with Indian leaders to discuss dominion status for India. |
| 9/24/1997 | I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, addresses UN General Assembly, stakes India's claim to UN Security Council seat. |
| 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. |
| 6/15/1991 | About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections. |
| 7/23/1991 | Premdatt Paliwal, president of All India Forward Block, died. |
| 1/10/1959 | Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi. |
| 4/4/1994 | Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns. |
| 12/25/1999 | An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops. |
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