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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
7/17/200055 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport.
1/14/1946Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
6/15/1937Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji, cricketer (Indian keeper in 60's), was born in Jamnagar.
6/15/1937Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi.
7/13/1947An Indian Independence Bill was moved in the British Parliament on 4th July 1947 which became an 'Act' on 13th July 1947. Two Boundary Commissions under Sir Cyril Radcliff were appointed to demarcate the boundaries of Punjab and Bengal.
5/19/1908Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born.
11/29/1945Ugoslaviya in Rajshahi was ended.
7/26/1933Gandhiji went back to Sabarmati Ashram after his release from jail.
7/26/1933Sun City India founded by Rao in Jodhpur.