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Historical Event on 5/13/1996

Lok Sabha election results (534 out of 537) announced, giving BJP (161) the position of the largest single party.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/199724th Stock Exchange of India set up at Trivandrum.
9/30/1997Shahjahan, great mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
1/25/1880Brahmo Samaj of modernisation and fraternity amongst religions Nababidhan Keshab Chandra Sen introduced.
7/23/1997India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.
4/27/1606Jahangir arrested Khusroo.
9/19/1965Government extends ultimatum to India to dismantle forts within four days in China.
7/19/1938Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, great Indian space scientist and mathematician, was born at Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
1/29/1948Angry refugees ask Gandhiji to retire to the Himalayas.
8/14/1998Classical vocalist Shamshad Begum, who enthralled radio listeners in the 30s and 40s, died in Mumbai.