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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
4/30/1996CBI concludes after 11 1/2 years of investigation that no espionage has taken place in what was dubbed the `ISRO spy scandal case'.
7/20/1955Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
3/16/1901Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
7/10/1984White Paper on Punjab released by Union Government.
12/17/1645Noorjahan Begum passed away.
6/16/1990Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986.
5/9/1874First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai.
2/20/1950Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, journalist, leader and elder brother of Subhashchandra Bose, passed away.
10/18/1906Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde.
9/29/1994Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic.