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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
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.
4/3/1984Sikh terrorists kill a member of Parliament in his home in New Delhi.
8/17/1911Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.
10/2/1994Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.
11/16/1962Chinese troops launch a major offensive in the frontier war.
7/28/1872Albert P Sarraut, French Governor General of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36), was born.
1/20/1898Krishnarao Ganeshpant Fulanbrikar (Master Krishnarao), famous singer, actor and music director, was born.
9/24/1992India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi.
9/15/1876Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, was born at Debanandapur in Hoogly district.
6/1/1972Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS).