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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 |
| 2/2/1915 | Khushvant Singh, famous journalist, was born. |
| 7/14/1997 | Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots. |
| 12/28/1972 | C. Rajagopalachari, the only Indian Governor General, died. |
| 12/28/1972 | Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle. |
| 1/25/1983 | Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 5/7/1994 | Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India. |
| 10/23/1919 | Lord Curzon, ex-Viceroy of India, takes over as Former Secretary from Tory leader Arthur Balfour in London |
| 1/4/1914 | Indira Sant, famous Marathi poet, was born. |
| 9/23/1996 | Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I). |
| 1/12/1924 | Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune. |
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