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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
4/1/1963Delhi Special Police Establishment acquired its popular current name Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) through a Home Ministry resolution passed.
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
8/9/1911Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay.
4/10/1996Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India.
1/29/1953Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission.
5/15/2000Ghulam Hassan Bhat, Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power, dies in a powerful IED explosion near Mandipore in Anantnag.
3/1/1640Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras.
2/1/1931Gandhi chiefs order campaign of civil disobedience to continue.
2/1/1948Marathi Sanshodhan Mandal' established.
1/10/1986Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India.