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Historical Event on 5/10/1996
Congress Chief Ministers of Assam, Haryana & Pondicherry resign.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/29/1972 | Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced. |
| 2/10/1990 | Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died. |
| 5/21/1966 | General Election (11th) of India ends. |
| 5/1/2000 | Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta. |
| 6/7/1993 | Sai Baba escapes attempt on life. Four assailants and two bodyguards were killed. |
| 1/10/1888 | Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura. |
| 10/24/1991 | Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years. |
| 5/23/1993 | Channa Reddy,Rajasthan Governor, shifted to Tamil Nadu. Motilal Vohra appointed in UP and B. Satyanarayan Reddy moved to Orissa. |
| 1/14/1760 | Eyree Coote, British Army Captain, captured and surrendered Pondicherry, capitulated French General Lally. |
| 9/29/1997 | IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites. |
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