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Historical Event on 7/5/1997

Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/16/1932Hundreds die in fighting between Muslims and Hindus at Bombay.
5/27/1990Om Prakash Chautala, former CM, wins Mehem by-election.
6/1/1930First Indian luxurious fast train 'Deccan Queen' started from Victoria Terminus (CST) to Pune.
7/15/1991The 25-day-old Narasimha Rao government wins a vote of confidence in Lok Sabha by securing 241 to 111; 112 abstained.
8/20/1909Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar.
2/13/1945Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
4/30/1996Re-polling in 445 stations in six states.
4/27/1906China, as suzerain of Tibet, has agreed to the terms of a treaty proposed by Britain. According to the treaty, foreign powers may not send representatives to Tibet, receive transportation or mining concessions, or occupy, buy or lease any territory in Tibet without British permission. The British want to prevent the Russians from establishing a protectorate over Tibet, which lies on India's northern border. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, failed in attempts to communicate with Tibet's ruler, the Dalai Lama. A British military expedition fought its way to the capital at Lhasa and concluded the agreement.
4/7/1920Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India), was born in Banaras, India.
10/25/1999Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament.