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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 |
| 11/18/1973 | Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away. She came to India in 1914. |
| 11/21/1994 | Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah, 84, noted economist and educationist, died. |
| 2/10/1846 | British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India. |
| 7/27/1991 | Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed. |
| 3/25/1931 | Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'. |
| 12/6/1992 | 300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition. |
| 8/10/1993 | Election Commission withdrew controversial order. By-polls to be held before 10. |
| 10/30/1976 | Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978. |
| 11/9/1924 | Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born. |
| 7/16/1981 | India performs nuclear Test. |
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