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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 |
| 5/17/1974 | Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away. |
| 7/31/1996 | Joginder Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/97). |
| 7/6/1960 | The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960. |
| 2/19/1997 | Massive blowout in ONGC oil field at Devarapally, A.P. |
| 7/31/1865 | Jagannath Sunkersett, great social worker, educationist and sculptor of modern Mumbai, passed away at the age of 62. |
| 4/1/1994 | Five ministers resign from the Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa. |
| 10/31/1895 | Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu, cricketer (India's 1st Test capt), born at Nagpur. |
| 1/15/1947 | Pritish Nandi, famous journalist, was born. Abul Kalam Azad became Minister of Education in the Government of India. |
| 2/14/1932 | Madhubala (Mumtaj Begam), film actress, was born. |
| 11/29/1953 | Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague. |
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