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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
5/23/1998L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs.
4/18/1978Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90.
3/29/1992Shri Anand Rishiji Maharaj 1008 , Acharya Samrat of 'Jain Shraman Sangh', passed away.
3/23/1947Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.
1/19/1987Narain Dutt Ojha made some sort of a record at the residence of the Chief Justice of India when he was sworn in as a Judge of Supreme Court at 10.00 p.m.
12/27/1990DMK led Pondicherry ministry, headed by D. Ramachandran, resigns following loss of majority.
12/19/1945Gandhiji lays foundation stone of C. F. Andrews' Memorial Hospital at Santiniketan.
12/28/1688Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites).
6/10/1984Top army commander killed in Bihar; Sikh troops desert unit.
1/24/1994Singapore PM Goh Chok Tong arrives in New Delhi on a state visit.