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Historical Event on 5/10/1957
Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/15/1963 | Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler), was born in Ghaziabad. |
| 8/17/1986 | In the Jehovah's Witnesses' case, the Supreme Court rules that ""singing National Anthem is not obligatory"". |
| 1/18/1994 | Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM. |
| 12/19/1995 | Unidentified aircraft drops a heap of sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades in Purulia district in West Bengal. |
| 3/1/1939 | Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal. |
| 2/21/1998 | Romesh Bhandari, U.P. Governor, dismisses the Kalyan Singh Government and inducts an 18-member ministry headed by Jagadambika Pal of the Loktantrik Congress Party. BJP moves the Allahabad High Court. BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, A. B. Vajpayee, goes on a ""fast-unto-death"". |
| 9/24/1997 | I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, addresses UN General Assembly, stakes India's claim to UN Security Council seat. |
| 4/23/1926 | Madhavrao Sapre, great political leader, passed away. |
| 5/4/1957 | Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away. |
| 5/24/1990 | K. S. Hegde, former President of Parliament, passed away. |
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