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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 |
| 5/9/1998 | Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai. |
| 7/22/1991 | New industrial policy for liberalisation of economies announced in Parliament. |
| 10/2/1939 | Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderan, cricketer (Indian keeper-batsman of 60's), was born in Mangalore. |
| 11/30/1995 | G. Umapati, filmmaker, died. |
| 10/14/1980 | S. N. Banerjee, cricketer--one Test for India and 249 runs 10th wkt stand on tour, died. |
| 3/21/1937 | Muhammad Jaffer, great Indian Hockey player, was born. |
| 8/27/1604 | Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar. |
| 3/25/1898 | Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple. |
| 6/13/1996 | Govt. extends for another 2 years the ban imposed on LTTE w.e.f. 14/6/1996 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. |
| 10/14/1910 | Further unrest took place in Lhasa, Tibet, following the arrest of Dalai Lama's agent by the Chinese on the Chinese frontier with India. |
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