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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 |
| 2/24/1867 | Kedarnath Das, geat physiologist, was born. |
| 4/8/1919 | Gandhiji arrested on way to Delhi for refusal to comply with order not to enter Punjab; escorted back to Bombay; outbreaks of violence in several towns. |
| 3/3/1930 | Untouchable people fought to enter the temple of 'Kala Rama' at Nasik. |
| 12/25/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, launches a Rs.60,000 crore ''Gram Sadak Yojana'' for linking all villages and the ""Antyodaya Anna Scheme'' for providing cheap foodgrains under the TPDS. |
| 3/21/1939 | Gandhi calls on world to disarm, thinks Hitler would follow. |
| 10/26/1996 | CBI detects a chain of bank transactions between August '93 and February '96 by four JMM leaders. |
| 2/19/1997 | Massive blowout in ONGC oil field at Devarapally, A.P. |
| 3/27/1942 | Gandhiji meets Sir Stafford Cripps in New Delhi; later declares Cripps proposals to be a ""post-dated cheque"". |
| 2/23/1993 | Jnanpith Award was given to Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya). |
| 2/18/1974 | Daniel Moynihan, US ambassador to India, presents $2,046,700,000 cheque. |
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