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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 |
| 3/17/1863 | Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda was born. |
| 4/15/1932 | Suresh Shridhar Bhat, famous poet, was born. |
| 7/1/1992 | Central Railway started special train for ladies in Mumbai. |
| 1/30/1996 | Maharashtra govt. decides to make school education free up to 10th standard. |
| 6/14/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi, PM, rules out termination of Rs. 1700 crore Bofors gun deal. |
| 11/19/1994 | Lt. Gen. Shankar Roy Choudhury appointed Army Chief following the death of Gen. B.C. Joshi. |
| 12/31/1998 | Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 5/26/1916 | Rangnath Manohar Joshi (Nirmal Guruji), Marathi author, was born. |
| 5/13/1962 | Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67). |
| 4/13/1948 | Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa. |
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