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Historical Event on 11/5/1996

United Front suffers a setback with one of its constituents, the Madhya Pradesh Vikas party, deciding to walk out and merge with Congress (I).

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/4/1948Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) banned. Finance Minister announces nationalisation of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after Sept 30, 1948.
3/9/1650Saint Tukaram Maharaj, famous saint of Maharashtra, passed away.
11/5/1950Faiyaj Khan, famous singer of Indian classical music, died.
1/30/1905Pitamber Das, social reformer and politician, was born at Mowana, U.P.
6/23/1935Ram Kolarkar, famous marathi author and editor, was born.
9/8/1960Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi.
6/2/1992The government accepts all the 15 recommendations of the Janakiraman Committee which unearthed massive collusion of banks in the security scam.
3/27/1942Gandhiji meets Sir Stafford Cripps in New Delhi; later declares Cripps proposals to be a ""post-dated cheque"".
6/6/2000Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.