Zail Singh / Died
December 25, 1994 (age 78 years), Chandigarh, India
Venkataraman. Singh died in 1994 of injuries sustained in a road accident. His samadhi is at the Ekta Sthal in Delhi. Singh's memoirs were published in 1997.
Zail Singh
Former President of India
Giani Zail Singh was an Indian politician from Punjab who served as the seventh president of India from 1982 to 1987 and 9th Chief Minister of Punjab. He was the first Sikh to become president. Wikipedia
Born: May 5, 1916, Sandhwan, India
Died: December 25, 1994 (age 78 years), Chandigarh, India
Previous offices: President of India (1982–1987), Minister of Home Affairs of India (1980–1982), and Chief minister of Punjab (1972–1977)
Presidential term: July 25, 1982 – July 25, 1987
Cremation: Rajghat, Delhi, India
Descendants: Joginder Singh and Manjit Kaur
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Dec 25, 1994 ˇ CHANDIGARH, INDIA -- Zail Singh, 78, the first Indian president from the minority Sikh community, died Dec. 25 at a hospital here, nearly a ...
Singh died in late 1994 following a car crash. This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Dec 31, 1994 ˇ Singh's bullet-proof car was hit head-on by a truck on November 29 near Ropar in Punjab when he was returning from a visit to Anandpur Sahib.
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Singh was killed in a car crash in Chandigarh, India on 25 December 1994 at the age of 78.
Dec 26, 1994 ˇ Zail Singh, the former Indian president who was head of state during a revolt by fellow Sikhs in the 1980s, died in the northern city of Chandigarh yesterday ...
Harminder Sandhu (of Punjab Police), Suba Sirhind, KP Gill and Butcher Beanta unfolded the Assassination of Zail Ghaddar in which he passed.
Dec 25, 1994 ˇ Zail Singh, India's first 'peoples president,' died Sunday of injuries he received in a traffic accident nearly a month ago. He was 78.
Dec 26, 1994 ˇ ... died yesterday in the northern city of Chandigarh after suffering injuries in a car crash last month, an official communique said. He was 78 ...