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Historical Event on 5/6/1967

Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/6/1947All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country.
12/16/2000Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu.
8/8/1955Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.
1/10/1964Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta.
10/28/1991Chruchill Alemao of Goa set free by court.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
8/26/1975Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, died.
10/28/1998Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad.
10/2/1996Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen.
9/8/2000Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.