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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
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.
1/1/1995This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"".
7/16/1981India performs nuclear Test.
6/4/1992Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested.
6/21/1988Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar.
8/8/1946India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.
8/19/1907Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born.
9/3/1905Kamlapati Tripathi, leader of Indian National Congess, was born.
3/20/1921Dr. P. C. Alexander, Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
11/1/1956Madhya Pradesh State High Court was established at Jabalpur having its benches in Gwalior and Indore.