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
Descendants: Joginder Singh and Manjit Kaur
Cremation: Rajghat Memorial, Delhi, India
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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. His birth ...
Dec 25, 1994 · He suffered multiple fractures and other injuries when his car hit a truck on Nov. 29. Punjab police are investigating the accident. The ...
Dec 31, 1994 · 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. As ...
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Singh died in late 1994 following a car crash. This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Singh was killed in a car crash in Chandigarh, India on 25 December 1994 at the age of 78. References.
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May 5, 2015 · He was admitted in Chandigarh, but succumbed to his injuries on December 25, 1994. He was cremated at the Raj Ghat Memorial in old Delhi.
In 1994, while on his way to Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib, his car met with an accident. He was taken for treatment at Chandigarh PGI Hospital, where he passed ...
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