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Historical Event on 5/8/1996
The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/21/1971 | Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown. |
| 3/21/1971 | Allauddin Masood Shah, Sultan of Dehli, was thrown off the throne. |
| 10/1/1997 | Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries. |
| 10/17/1979 | Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences. |
| 5/5/1955 | Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce. |
| 8/25/1965 | Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators. |
| 2/1/1948 | Marathi Sanshodhan Mandal' established. |
| 11/1/1956 | Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved. |
| 7/25/1992 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma sworn in as the ninth President of India. He remain in this office from July 25, 1992 to July 25, 1997. |
| 11/18/1925 | Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born. |
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