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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
4/29/1639Delhi's Red fort construction commenced by laying the Foundation Stone by Shah Jahan. This fort was completed on May 13, 1646.
12/7/1993Lalthanhwala sworn in CM of Mizoram.
8/29/1947A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab.
10/10/2000The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo.
5/27/1930Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement.
11/17/199941 more ministers are inducted into the Ram Prakash Gupta Ministry in Uttar Pradesh taking the strength of the ministry to 91.
7/1/1990General Sunith Francis Rodrigues takes over as Chief of the Army Staff.
10/10/1906Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswamy, great Indian writer, was born.
4/23/1946Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence.
5/12/1997Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan agree to set up joint working groups on a range of issues to be identified by Foreign Secretaries.