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Historical Event on 5/7/1996

Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/7/1901J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.
7/20/1905First Partition of Bengal, which was proposed by Lord Curzon, was accepted by British Government's Minister of India.
4/5/1989Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati litterateur, died.
3/4/1996King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit.
7/20/1924Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha.
4/18/1992Russia suspends transfer of rocket technology to India.
4/18/1992Allau'd-din Khalji declared himself as King of Delhi after assissinating Jalal'ud-din Khalji. (19 0r 20).
6/4/1926Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax.
3/10/1997Maharashtra government renames Osmanabad as Dharashiva.
8/21/1931Pandit Vishnu Dingambar Paluskar, famous singer and the blind musician of Maharashtra, passed away.