Zail Singh / Died
December 25, 1994 (age 78 years), Chandigarh, India
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 ...
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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Dec 25, 1994 ˇ Zail Singh, 78, the first Indian president from the minority Sikh community, died Dec. 25 at a hospital here, nearly a month after he was injured in an ...
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. As ...
Singh died in late 1994 following a car crash. This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Jan 4, 2024 ˇ Giani Zail Singh passed away on December 25, 1994. His contributions to Indian politics and his dedication to the service of the people continue ...
Zail Singh - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Singh was killed in a car crash in Chandigarh, India on 25 December 1994 at the age of 78.
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 ...
Dec 26, 1994 ˇ Singh, president from 1982 to 1987, had been in hospital in a serious condition since a car accident in late November.
Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) - Find a Grave Memorial
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Singh died in late 1994 following a car crash. He was cremated in the vicinity of Raj Ghat, India. President of India. He served as the 7th President of ...
Apr 11, 2023 ˇ Former President, the first Sikh to attain that position, died in a road accident in Rupnagar on December 25, 1994. Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker ...