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Historical Event on 5/28/1996

BJP Govt. incapable of assembling a majority after two weeks. A left-wing coalition takes over headed by new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader and United Front coalition government. He held this office till 12 April 1997.

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7/6/199339 people were killed and three officials abducted in J&K .
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6/6/1982Devraj Ars, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.
2/21/1997Sonic Multani bags National snooker title in Mumbai.
2/27/1912Vishnu Waman Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraj', great Marathi poet, play-wright, novelist and Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Awardee, was born.
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10/6/1999The DMK front is set to win a majority of LS seats in Tamil Nadu.
1/2/1953Government set up a Board of Editors under Dr. Syed Mahmood to prepare a history of Freedom Movement in India.
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7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.