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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
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2/11/1998Prof. Anil Kumar Baruah, CPI(ML) candidate for the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat, is shot dead by suspected ULFA militants at Neharani.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
12/3/1999Bhopal gas victims take out rallies to mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy.
8/20/1993Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria.
4/24/1858Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels.
1/1/19958th World Tamil Conference begins in Madurai.
9/5/1904Bhalchandra Pandharinath Bahirat, editor and expert of Saint literature, was born.
6/18/1879Venketeshwar Bachhali, famous physics scientist, was born.