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Historical Event on 7/5/1997

Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/6/1994Prime Minister Narsimha Rao meets with his counterpart Vo Van Kiet at Hanoi. Both countries decide to boost ties.
12/28/1974Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first Chief Minister of Rajasthan State, died.
10/5/1907British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India.
9/12/1993Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Hitendra Desai died.
6/14/1947Congress Working Committee met at New Delhi to draft the resolution to be placed before All India Congress Committee on the acceptance of Mountbatten plan for the partition of India.
1/1/1976Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started.
1/5/1934Dr. Murli Manohar Manmohan Joshi was born in Delhi.
8/15/1854The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855.
9/27/2000Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.
7/12/1960Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar.