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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
7/3/1927A. Neelameghan, librarian, was born at Ootacamund in Tamil Nadu.
7/1/1947British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
6/3/1818Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends.
3/3/1996Haryana govt. bans liquor vends and bars in rural areas.
4/4/1910Sri Aurobindo left politics and reached Pondicherry, where he made the seat of Yoga.
3/27/1992India signs Friendship Treaty with Ukraine.
8/22/1993The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu.
3/4/1991Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha presents mid-term budget, cut in food and fertiliser subsidy, amounting to Rs. 934 crore, proposed.
12/22/2000Three Army jawans die in an attack by a suicide squad of Lakshar-e-Taiba at the Red Fort in Delhi leading to a 45-minute gun-battle.
10/19/1905Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London.